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roanoke hospital. thank you. we turn to justice correspondent pete williams following this story since it broke. pete, what can you tell us now? well, a couple of things here. first of all, ari, it s clear that the gunshot wound that vester flanagan inflicted on himself was very serious. there was some confusion at the time of whether he was dead at the scene or whether he was pronounced dead at the hospital. but the authorities now say he was pronounced dead get to the hospital and in very bad shape and took a long time to get him out of the car and in the helicopter and to the hospital in washington and hospital was saying they didn t have him as a patient and what hospitals normally do when someone when s come has died. so obviously he was in bad shape from the moment he shot himself. he did post several things on social media. a number of comments about some of the victims.
so in this instance, i think that it s very, very helpful, exist i believe the public is better served safer and law ens forcement. in the area where the suspect was last seen, they ll be on the lookout for him, and they will report to law enforcement if he is seen and that is enough. we ve just received an update from roanoke hospital where they are treating shooting victim vicky gardner. they re planning a press conference this afternoon to update us on her position. she is the woman in the while jock you see interviewed that themp r they were hoping to attract sdpaengs get customers rz when the shooting played out at 6:45 eastern tame time,
we continue to follow the breaking news out of virginia where this is what we know at this hour. the suspect involved in this shooting of two individuals, alison parker, reporter, photographer adam ward for wbdj 7 is still on the run, as we understand. he s been identified as vester flanagan, aka brice williams. he was born in 1973. police consider him to be armed and dangerous. according to authorities, he has attempted to communicate via social media, twitter account, facebook account as well. that twitter account has been suspended. a third victim of the shooting, vicky gardner, is at roanoke hospital where she is being treated for serious injuries, and we re waiting to get an update on her condition. i do want to go to my colleague,