welcome back, everybody. we continue to follow the breaking news developments out of virginia after two people were gunned down on live television today in roanoke. the alleged shooter is a former employee of the same television station, wdbj. his name is vester flanagan. police were able to pursue and apprehend flanagan later in the day. this is new video, though, of how he was taken out of his vehicle after allegedly shooting himself. you can see on the top left of your screen he was taken out of that vehicle, but there is a stretcher then loading him into an ambulance. now, it was earlier today that there were reports by the virginia state police that flanagan was dead. it was shortly after noon that was adjusted and wdbj had reported, saying they were directly contacted by the virginia state police saying that he was alive and listed in kris cal condition. all of this started to unfold this morning after 6:45 a.m. when two local journalists from that station, wdbj, were doing a
again, that s when these local tv station reporters were doing a live shot and they were fired upon, allegedly by vester flanagan. again, a dismissed former employee from the same station, worked with these two. we ve seen images on social media of them together. pete, do you know more, though, about the timeline? and again, just to inform our viewers, 2:00 p.m. we re waiting for franklin county sheriff s office to give us an update. but do you know more about the timeline of when police were able to get a lead on flanagan? and how that corresponds with those social media postings that he was able to upload via twitter and facebook? reporter: getting a lead on him happened very quickly after the shooting because there is a freeze frame, a still frame that police were able to take from the actual camera that the cameraman was holdings. this is it. several frames of video apparently show the suspect
pages, 23 pages, he sends it to the television station. he films it because all he s trying to do, thomas, is two things. number one, say look at me, i m a victim. and number two, say look at me, i m justified in killing these people. and then of course he shoots himself to prevent the world, law enforcement, criminal justice and the media from holding this guy up to the light of day and saying, excuse me, your allegations appear to be false. you re simply a coward and a killer. meanwhile, we are unsure whether or not he will survive the sustained injuries, self-inflicted, according to the ve virginia state police. he is currently getting treatment at a d.c. based hospital. when we look at how all of this correspondences to the timeline. i was able to look at his twitter feed and it was roughly 11:15 that his reporter twitter feed under the name bryce williams, that s when it first started to appear fresh tweets.
and he had some talent in that respect and some experience, although he had been out of the business for a while when he was hired here. he quickly became gathered a reputation as someone who was difficult to work with, would you say, joe deshiel? he was looking out for people to say things that he could take offense to. and eventually after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him. he did not take that well. we had to call the police to escort him from the building. since then well, he then filed an action with the equal opportunity employment commission in which he made all kinds of complaints.
thomas roberts. it is the top of the hour on msn msnbc. we are continuing the coverage of the fatal showing of a reporter and her videographer in virginia. officials are updating all of us about this invest any moment. you can see all the microphones that have been assembled right there. a lot of people hoping that they ll provide us with some answers as to why. people in roanoke, virginia, this morning on live television witnessed two people assassinated on local television. the suspect identified as 41-year-old vester lee flanagan and also known as bryce williams. this person being a former reporter and co-worker of the victims of wdbj. authorities say the suspect shot himself in his own car when he was approached by police after being pursued. police say he is in critical condition. kntv spoke with a man who grew up with flanagan and has a totally different perspective.