went to salem high school. both of these homegrown right here in virginia and just devastating for anybody who knew them. hallie jackson, nbc news. thank you so much for that reporting. follow her reports throughout the day from moneta, virginia. that does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. before we go, here s a quick recap of what we know about the devastating shooting of two journalists in virginia this morning. wdbj reporter alison parker and photographer adam ward were fatally shot at 6:45 a.m. during a live broadcast at moneta, virginia. vester flanagan, using the name bryce williams, was a disgruntled former reporter at the station. following a police chase williams shot himself and is in critical condition. one other person, vicki gardner, from the local chamber of commerce, was shot and injured. she was being interviewed. thankfully, she is in stable condition after emergency surgery. msnbc live with thomas roberts is next. thank you for your time on this terr
president obama said, it breaks my heart to read about shootings like this. we will speak live to the station s manager later. victor, heartbreaking what happened behind you there this morning. reporter: jim, absolutely. and we can tell you there s a vigil happening as friends of the survivor, they are gathering to pray for the recovery of vicki gardner. that s happening as the police and people of this community wonder what led this man to kill a reporter and her photographer. these are the final moments before a deranged shooter ambushed a roanoke virginia news team on live television. we re not going to show you what happened next. the entire incident could be seen and heard as it happened. wdbj reporter alison parker and photographer adam ward were conducting an interview around 6:45 this morning in moneta,
police, sheriff s deputies and fbi agents looking for this man in moneta, virginia. they believe they have a name and a license plate number. schools remain on lockdown in that area as authorities continue to search for this man. now, as i said, this incident happened live on the air. it is very disturbing to watch. we are only going to show it once this hour. so if such things disturb you, please leave the room. but i m warning you, it s tough to watch. here it is. talk about why it s important to get these business leaders involved. this is our community. and we want to come together. we want to share information that can help us grow and develop to provide a better experience. we re seeing tourism we want the people who come here to say you see it there. i want to show the picture again.
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condition. this is where this all went down. this is a picture from interstate 66 in fauquier county, virginia. joe, about how far would you say, you have traveled up and down this pike a million times. how far is this from roanoke or from moneta? what we understand is that flanagan apparently rented a car, went down to the lake, again this is all unconfirmed, but this is the theory, and then fled the shooting scene and took off on interstate 81 north to 66. joe, how far away is this? 66 is the connector between 81 and washington, d.c. i can t tell you exactly where that spot is on the interstate, but it s probably three to four hours away from here, maybe three, three and a half, something like that. from moneta, it would be. okay. so this is the latest that we have in from virginia state police. let s go over to amanda kenny. amanda, you ve been talking to virginia state police all morning, and we have heard all