memorial hospital where she is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. flanagan then fled before deputies arrived on the scene. the franklin county sheriff s office with the assistance of the state police began a search operation to locate the suspect. shortly before 11:00 roanoke city police department located flanagan s 2009 ford mustang at the regional roanoke regional airport. the mustang has been recovered as evidence. flanagan then left the airport in a chevrolet sonic that he had rented earlier in the month. during the course of the investigation, investigators were able to track the suspect as he traveled along interstate 81 and we notified local and state law enforcement along the interstate interstate 81
in these postings before they were taken down, he made a number of complaints, including one specifically against the reporter he shot here today. we continue to follow the breaking news as this suspect, vester flanagan, is still not in custody this hour. the shooting took place around 6:45 eastern time. the virginia state police obviously using all of its resources to locate this person who has chosen, according to police, to communicate at least at some point this morning through social media. we ll follow this story and bring you the latest on this manhunt. it was absolutely horrific, a crime that played out on television. we ll go to a break and be right back. luscious crab lover s dream or savory snow crab bake. i m just getting started so hurry in and get crackin
and happening on live television in their early morning show at 6:45 a.m. before being picked up by the national broadcast at 7:00 a.m. the station paying tribute to their facebook page. this is what they had to say during the coverage this morning. two friends, two co-workers, families have lost their daughter, their son, fiancee, girlfriend, you know? these two were more than what you saw here on tv. they were much, much more. and their family and we have lost two members of our family. again, we are waiting for the update from the franklin county sheriff s office and we have the angles covered for you. joining sme the chief investigative reporter and jon, jonathan, what more have we learned about the work history of flanagan? people would be surprised to learn he has been disassociated with this newsroom for two years. it s the general manager come out and said there have been a
bridgewater plaza near smith mountain lake. at this time, sheriff s officials can confirm that at this time three people were shot, the deceased being the reporter and her cameraman. this was around 6:45 local time. the shooter has not been apprehended and they provided another still image of the suspect. pat, back to the conversation of how they were able to identify this man who was now vester lee flanagan. perhaps he had no idea that this image was caught from. from all the information we received, he approached firing off that gun, and had no idea that the camera itself captured this image that is now being broadcast nationwide. pat? he took the cameraman down
up through sort of that local news environment. both of them as has been pointed out by their colleagues at that television station in roanoke, wdbj, both of them just out there doing their jobs this morning. yeah, doing their job and this former employee, vester flanagan, also known as bryce williams, former reporter at this station, posted videos online. a first-person perspective. hallie, it s just chilling the images that we were able to see. we are not going to be showing those images. he communicated those via facebook and twitter, also communicating potentially reasons why he felt in his own mind justified in doing this. but it is still just heart wrenching when you see this, especially knowing that these are two kids that have come up through the virginia schools in salem and also i know alison went to jmu, adam going to virginia tech. their families may have been watching this. so we want to be very sensitive to just exactly what we re