it s still being processed. it s still an ongoing investigation, and we re not going to go into those details at the time. reporter: can you tell me if there was anything else of interest found in the vehicle? i don t know. reporter: and you don t know if he shot himself before or after there again, the sequence of events is all i have is the sequence that i ve given you. any other further details are still part of our investigation. reporter: how much damage was there to the vehicle? okay. it looked to be minimal to me. all right. all right. that s it. if y all want to stand by, i ve got trooper neff coming up. and corinne gellar will probably be sending out copies of what they released down in franklin in reference to their press conference that occurred at 2:00. thank you. all right. so we ve been listening to the live press conference, virginia state police, they were talking about how the trooper had a tag meter and was able to get the license plate, ordered for ba
let s go live there. possible vehicles involved. we had agents we had troopers and other law enforcement agencies all along i-81, 64, and 66 corridor being on the lookout for this vehicle. at approximately 11:20 a.m., trooper p.m. neff, who is out of the winchester office, was stationed at i-66 and i-81 interchange. she was monitoring traffic with an lpr unit equipped in her vehicle, which is a tag reader. at approximately that time, she registered a hit on a possible suspect vehicle passing her eastbound on i-66. she then pulled out, searched for the vehicle, and located visually at 11:24 a.m. at the eight-mile marker. after getting visual confirmation of the vehicle, she radioed in and awaited backup to
vehicle i have no idea. still being processed. it s still an ongoing investigation being and we re not going to go into those details at this time. [inaudible question ]. i don t know. and you don t know if he shot himself about off after? i don t know. the sequence of event, any other details are still part of our investigation. how much damage was there? looked to me to be minimal. all right. that s it. if you all want to stand by. i ve got trooper neff coming up and corrine geller is sending out copies of what they released down in franklin county referencing their press conference that occurred at 2:00. thank you. all right. so a couple jurisdictions working a story. understanding some of the traffic happened here and if we want to show the picture of the gunman s car, you just heard the virginia state trooper saying essentially they are still
them throughout the state. and it helped. of course, i haven t talked to trooper neff, but it helped in this case to identify that vehicle. reporter: how instrumental was the video that was aired live? ma am, i m not going to comment on that. i have not reviewed the video. i ll defer to the sheriff. it s under investigation. reporter: did it give you a lead as to who the person was? we were able to, from the investigation, once we were on scene and secured the scene, we were able to develop mr. and we went from there. reporter: the document, did you receive that yesterday? i ll have to confirm that. i m not sure something that they had received it this morning. reporter: have you had an opportunity to speak with the general manager? what was the question again? reporter: have you had an opportunity to speak to his
the mike to sergeant rick garlidz with the virginia state police. thank you, sheriff. shortly before 11:30 a.m. this morning virginia state police trooper pam neff was on patrol he along interstate 66. her license plate reader lpr alerted to a license plate on a chevrolet sonic traveling east on 66. she followed the vehicle a short distance as troopers responded to assist her before she actived her lights. once the backup was there she )c activated emergency equipment and attempted to stop the vehicle. the driver of the sonic, vester flanagan, also known as bryce williams, refused to stop and sped away from the trooper. it was only a minute or two later when the sonic ran off the road into the median. when trooper neff approached the vehicle, she found flanagan suffering from a self-inflicted