This is a breaking story. Lets go to sam sweeney and the newsroom. Us . Can you tell we have learned the shooter has taken his own life. This story is changing by the minute. As you said, he has taken his life. Cnn reporting he did this as lawenforcement officials approached him on66. In the last hour, as you also mention, the suspect in the shooting posted a cell phone video of him apparently shooting the reporter and in the cameraman. We are not going to show you this video, but i can to you it is horrific. He shoots the reporter multiple times. She runs away. In the video goes black. He posted this on his twitter within the last half hour. He also posted about his history he had with adam and allison, the reporter and photographer he allegedly shot. He reported alison and racist remarks and the photographer went to hr after only one time working with him. In the last half hour twitter and facebook have suspended his accounts. The suspect him his name is Vester Flanagan, a 41yearold
List. Right now a man hunt is on for the man who shot and killed a local News Reporter and photographer live on the air near roanoke. The governor says an arrest is imminent and that police are closing in on the suspect on i64. The shooting happened in virginia in flank lin county. That is about four hours from d. C. Now, the news crew was at a Shopping Center this morning. These are pictures from their reporting. They were doing a report on tourism for their morning show. Wdvj reporter Allison Parker was doing a live interview, 6 45 this morning. That is allison. He was talking to a woman from the local chamber of commerce when the man came up and started shooting her and adam ward, the camera man. They talked about how the tragedy played out on live information. Someone with a gun, we believe it was a man, barged into where they were and fired several shots, six or seven, it sounds like. We heard screaming. And then we heard nothing. And the camera fell. After the shooting, the camer
A gruesome ambush that unfolded around 6 45 a. M. This morning as wdbj, near the end of its morning newscast. The news crew was conducting an onair interview, something they do every morning, at a Shopping Center in moneta, outside of roanoke, when the gunman attacked, firing off, again, at least eight rounds that shooter was tracked to the north and was eventually found off of i66 in Fauquier County suffering from a gunshot wound. We have Live Team Coverage for you at both locations this evening. We begin with david culver and the latest from investigators in roanoke. David . Reporter jim behind me, you can see a very active scene several hours after that attack, as you mentioned, captured live on tv. This is the plaza, a scenic place that overlooked Smith Mountain lake. The sheriff, we just heard from him a short time ago, the sheriff in Franklin County, pointing out how close knit a community this s he recently done a similar live interview with the reporter Alison Parker and photog
Weeks ago. Reporter police say the man who opened fire on them. Vester lee flanagan also knew them. He was recently fired from the wdbj. The gentleman thinks that things tran spired and spiraling out of control. Reporter after the shooting flanagan fled the scene. In the aftermath he posted a video of the shooting. Police found his car at the roanoke airport. Flanagan then left the airport in a Chevrolet Sonic that he rented earlier in the month. Reporter flanagan fled north on i81 and then onto i 66 where a state trooper located him in Northern Virginia Fauquier County through a license plate reader. In your view how instrumental were the license plate readers in catching the suspect . License plate preceders are a great tool. The state police threw several others throughout the state and it helps. Reporter and that is what identified flanagans vehicle. When a state trooper tried to pull him over, he refused and police say he shot himself right there on i66. Now as far as the other pe
Played out on live television. A gunman filled with anger. He described himself as a human powder keg opened fire on two young journalists, reporter Alison Parker and cameraman adam ward of our cbs affiliate in roanoke, virginia. Both were killed. The 41yearold gunman took his own life after a police chase. We wont show you the most graphic part of the shooting but we caution what you will see and hear is disturbing. Jeff pegues begins our coverage. Reporter the gunman posted his own video of the shooting on twitter and facebook. In it, Vester Flanagan is seen approaching the three victims who apparently do not know hes there. He lefts gun once, but then waits. When the photographer turns his camera back to the reporter, flanagan begins to shoot, as many as 14 shots can be heard. Wards camera caught a picture of the gunman as it fell to the ground. Alison parker, and adam ward diedt scene. The person being interviewed, Vicki Gardner of the chamber of commerce, was badly wounded. Police