condition. this is where this went down. this is a picture from interstate 66 in faulkier county, virginia. how far would you say you ve traveled up and down this pike. how far is it from moneta? we understand 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. how far away is this? 66 the connector between 81 and washington, d.c. it s probably three to four hours away from here, maybe three, three and a half. from moneta it would be. that s farther south. so this is the latest that we have in from virginia state police. let s go over to amanda kenny. amanda, you have been talking to virginia state police all
his car over and approached it, they say he fired a fatal shot and killed himself. savannah, matt. all right. that was nbc s pete williams right there on a special report of the latest in this situation, and we can confirm to you now that the suspect in the shooting of two local news journalists there in moneta, virginia, has in fact killed himself. he went by bryce williams as his tv name. his name off-air was vester lee flanagan. let s go to nbc s hallie jackson who s in route to this story. you said something off the bat i want to touch on that i think is important. news teams are families and it is with heavy hearts we are reporting this. you work very long hours, you re around each other consistently and constantly. talk about what you feel this newsroom is dealing with at this time, because it s this is a first, to have this all unfold
the shooting occurred in moneta, the shooter died in a hospital in northern virginia a couple hours ago. authorities say they had tracked him by cell phone. he had driven nearly 200 miles after ambushing two reporters from a station where he used to work. the entire incident live on the air. alison parker and her cameraman shot dead. it is my very, very sad duty to report that we have determined, through the help of the police and our own employees that alison and adam died this morning. reporter: the shooter is vester l. flanagan, a former reporter, whose on-air name was bryce williams. he was fired from wdbj two years ago. he apparently shot himself in a confrontation with police. we had an unhappy former
our breaking news, two journalists are shot. we re now learning house police tracked down the gunman. brian todd is at the scene of these murders, he s joining us from southern virginia. what is the latest, brian? what are you learning? reporter: wolf, i ll set the scene here in moneta, this is the bridgewater plaza. you can still see a very heavy police presence, police investigators on the scene, investigators looking at how the shooter vester flanagan knew those two, they re still following that threat. what we are told tonight is that they used cell phone, they used his cell phone to track his whereabouts after he left this location to find out where he was heading.
watching this morning when the tragedy unfolded on live television. it is really stopped me in my tracks this morning. like many viewers i was watching this morning s broadcast and couldn t understand really what was happening myself at that time. [ inaudible ]. very emotional. for more on the investigation and the victim who survived this horrific attack we are joined by fox s peter deucy at the scene. in moneta, virginia. this is a rapidly unfolding story throughout the day and so much heartache and loss in one moment. what can you tell us? reporter: and kimberly, you get a sense of how recently this happened in what on a different day would be a beautiful vacation town. if you look over my shoulder here at bridgewater plaza where an interview about tourism