we are being told that. they are seeking him right now, the manhunt is under way. he is not in custody. and that is why they re asking for the public s help. they re looking for a 2009 gray mustang. that is what he is driving. let me get over to washington. justice reporter evan perez is covering the manhunt. all of the agencies involved, evan. what is the very latest? they sure seemed to id him very quickly but still not in custody. reporter: that s right. they seem to know a lot about him. they seem to know where he was certainly when he posted some of the social media pictures and videos that he s now posted just in the last hour. authorities know who they re looking for. they know generally where they re looking for him. and so let s see if that helps them track him down more quickly. we know that the atf, the fbi and the u.s. marshals are throwing all the resources they can in the region to try to find him. they re on the ground.
reporter: that s right. right now, authorities from the atf, the fbi, the u.s. marshals service are looking for this vester flanagan and they re looking for his car as we just heard our alexandra field say, a 2009 gray mustang. they believe at this point that he is still in the virginia area. we know the shooting happened at 6:45 this morning right near roanoke, virginia. so at this point, they do believe, they have indications that this suspect, this former employee of the station who was fired apparently, that he is still in the virginia area. we know that he was a reporter at the station. his name is vester flanagan. he went by the name bryce williams. he is sought after in connection with this shooting. we see a picture right here of the suspect holding the gun. this is right after the shooting that killed the reporter as well as the cameraman earlier this morning there in roanoke, virginia. so, again, authorities, federal authorities, massive manhunt under way looking for this p
who is a former employee of wdbj. he was fired about a year ago, not sure why. but his on-air name at the time when he was a reporter for the station was bryce williams. so he is being sought in connection with the shooting. right now, the fbi, u.s. marshals, atf are all looking for vester l. flanagan. they believe he is driving a 2009 gray mustang. again, they are looking for him in connection with the shooting but a spokesperson for the augusta county virginia sheriff s office stopped short of calling him a suspect. sources i ve been speaking with say at this point they believe that flanagan is still in the virginia area. so the manhunt is focuseded in the virginia area. we know the shooting of 24-year-old alison parker, 27-year-old adam ward, happened this morning at around 6:45 a.m. right near roanoke, virginia. again, officials looking for this former employee of that station in the virginia area as we speak.
soon. but virginia state police have kind of walked that back in the last few minutes. always in these breaking news situations and early on, there is a lot of conflicting information. but the important information we want to continue pushing, brian, is on his way to the scene. thank you so much. this man, i want everyone to see this. we re going to keep this up as we continue the conversation. this is who police suspect is the gunman in this horrific attack. alexandra field is joining me now. she s been following this all morning as this played out. it went from bad to worse to just simply horrific. what more are you learning? a lot is coming in right now. forgive me for reading off my phone. we are getting new information that authorities are saying they are looking for a former wdbj employee, vester flanagan driving a 2009 gray mustang this is the first time we re reporting his id. that s right. coming in to us just now. vester flanagan being identified by authorities as a
making sure that the person of interest is clearly the suspect. and i m sure what the police have probably already done is took that still photograph that we have at the shooting and take it to the family and other members that he had worked with before and see if they can identify him through that. harry, let me ask you this they re not taking that step quite yet. this is how the authorities are putting it. they say they re looking for this man, vester flanagan, he s driving a 2009 gray mustang, this is according to the sheriff s department there. the spokesman said that they are looking for him in connection with the shooting but stopped short of calling him a suspect. you re comfortable going there. why are they stopping short of that? what s the hesitancy? person of interest is being used now maybe because of legal possibilities, legal problems down the road. we use persons of interest now. you re looking at the twitter here.