dispatched police cars to every television station as a precaution until they could get a grip as to what exactly was happening and taking place. again, it turned out to be a case of workplace violence with former employee targeting two of his former workers, tw of them killed and as you said vicki gardner, being interviewed from the chamber of commerce there, shot and injured. she was shot in the back. went into surgery and now we re told is in stable condition. and we are still waiting to get an update, jonathan, on the condition of vester flanagan. again, the original reporting was that he had taken his own life after that police pursuit after they found him on i-66. it was then changed, the fact that he was still alive. and taken out of that vehicle as he crashed off the side of the road there. put into an ambulance and then taken off to a hospital. according to our pete williams. he was then transferred to a facility outside of washington, d.c. so we re waiting on an update on t
a funny goof ball. he had such a positive outlook on life and he was so determined to make a like put a smile on your face. i can t imagine how hard this is for you. i really do appreciate you being on with me, larell, and as you re remembering these two people, the superstar intern and the funny cameraman and based on the pictures of these two together, you can see and tell how much they love their jobs. they they were this morning covering this tourism bouncing back at this one place in the roanoke area, and they were murdered on live television and the man who was holding the gun was someone who worked at the tv station before, and you know him as well. yes. he was a reporter when i was there. he personally i was he was
off the scene of the accident on i-66, virginia state troopers say he drove his car off the road. taking a shot at himself. trying to take his own life. before being apprehended. original reports before noon was that he was deceased because of the self-inflicted injury and then that was reversed saying there was a pulse. he was in critical condition. now our pete williams is saying that he has information, fresh information after vester flanagan was taken to a d.c. area hospital for treatment that he is now deceased. so again, we are getting this fresh information in that 41-year-old vester flanagan, the man who is the one that police were looking for after opening fire, two former colleagues of his shot and killed after the live shot they were on this morning, after the live shot they were on this morning, they were approached by flanagan and he opened fire.
going on there at the pier at that moment and get close enough so that he could pull the shots off. he knew it was live and knew it would be broadcast and knew it was ground breaking. no one else had ever done this and wanted to go down in infamy. he knew their weaknesses and vulnerabilities. blinders on, staring at the camera. this man was holding a gun in front of himself for several seconds before pulling the trigger and didn t appear they knew that. appeared completely caught off guard. and we should point out that while he does put out these tweets speaking about alison and speaking about adam specifically, it doesn t really necessarily answer the question of why he targeted this young woman and man. herd from the station manager saying he doesn t believe alison and this man vester flanagan ever would have even crossed paths at the station. he was fired two years ago and she started a few years before that. hillary clinton is in iowa
it then came to light that one of the last acts that adam ward did was use the camera to capture the face of vester flanagan and there you see it right there as that camera is tipped on the ground giving us a different perspective and altered right side up and see the man holding the gun over the body of adam ward. police were able to quickly put this together. i.d. who the suspect, the person of interest was. able to find him later this morning along i-66. and that s when things all started to come to light that this person, vester flanagan, also known as bryce williams, is a former reporter, former colleague of those at wbdj, someone let go over two years ago. also has a spotty work history. coming up through local markets and having some issues at different television stations around the country. but the general manager and president of wbdj said they took a chance on bryce williams and brought him in to their family but they were unable to continue