his legal name was vester flanagan. he once went by that on television. when his most recent boss in tv fired him two years ago in june, he was so unstable, they said, that the station confirms it provided security for his former coworkers, cleared out the newsroom and made a path. more on his apparent motives in just a moment. but first, the horrifying scene that played out this morning. the reporter on the left here, alison parker, and photojournalist adam ward were interview as typical as anything could be in local television until viewers heard the first shots. saw the reporters terrified reaction, screaming and running and shouting oh, my god! the cameraman and his gear fell to the ground there. it captured a brief image of the killer, gun in hand. the station cut back to the anchor in studio clearly stunned like the rest of us about what everyone had witnessed. it wasn t until the station s general manager came on air on the morning show set that we
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over. they say instead the car carrying the suspect sped up and eventually crashed. when the authorities approached the car, they saw that he had had a gunshot wound when they described as life threatening. they say he was taken to a nearby hospital. another law enforcement official has told us that as the police approached the car, that s when vester flanagan, that s the name of the suspect, that s when he shot himself. initial reports were that the shot was fatal. but now the virginia authorities say it s life threatening, and we don t have an update on his condition. the woman that you talked about, vicki gardner of the smith mountain lake regional chamber of commerce, she was wounded in the shooting this morning on the live broadcast and as you say she had been treated at a hospital and is said to be in stable condition. now, just shortly, about an hour or two after the shooting, there began to appear on social media postings apparently by vester