morning. reporter: the shooter is vester flanagan. former name bryce williams. fired by wbdj two years ago. he apparently shot himself upon confrontation with police on a highway. we had an unhappy employee, but this happens, and usually they move on. reporter: shortly after the shooting, a series of tweets linked to an account under his name said alison made racist comments, eeoc filed a report, they fired him after that. adam went to hr on me after working with me one time. then this. i filmed the shooting, see facebook. wbdj station manager jeff marx found a claim was made to eeoc, but the claim dismissed. he told cnn he doesn t know why flanagan attacked victims parker and ward. i can t figure out any connection with those people who are among them, the kindest
to learn a great deal more about this individual. harris? david lee miller, thank you for bringing us up to speed on the investigation. but i want to bring this news in coming in of conflicting reports on the condition of the suspected killer. we had said there were local reports and it has been pretty widespread over the last 15- minutes he had shot himself. now the station is reporting the suspect is alive but in critical condition. we can firm up some details. the suspect is alive in critical condition. on happening now, the general manager, jeff marx, was on air
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killed. david lee miller is live in new york with more. harris, the legal name of the shooter is vester flanagain but was known as bryce williams for his air name. according to reports he moments interstate 66 in virginia. we know williams worked in a number of stations greenville, savannah georgia, san francisco, and midland, texas. and in san francisco he said i was hired as a production assistant, liked and able to come back after the texas fiasco, no explanation on what that was. it was a great experience, people were supportive but there were quoting him now some crazies. it is believed he recorded the murder of the reporter and photographer as they were doing a live broadcast. in one hand he had a handgun and in another he had a cellphone camera. as you mentioned he shot dead 24-year-old alison parker, a reporter for wdbj. she was interviewing a woman with the local chal chamber of commerce on hew to improve the economy. you can hear on the broadcast eight shots befor