birthday. she was the most radiant woman i ever met and for some reason she loved me back. she loved her family, parents and brother. i m comforted by everyone at wbdj. we are a family. she worked with adam every day. they were a team. i am heartbroken for his fiancee. according to reports of wbdj, this pair of adam and alison worked together for roughly over a year on the morning show. we know they re tough and grueling schedules. but they had been described as people who accepted all assignments and went out aver and covered everything with a spring in their step and trying to be the best pair and morning pair to be. we know how much all of us rely on our morning shows and having a cup of coffee. they become like family members to all of us as we welcome them no to our homes each and every morning on a constant basis. i think a lot of people have been wondering how the shooter
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
careen from the franklin county sheriff s office. they ll hold a press conference coming up. we expect to hear from the state police and the franklin county sheriff s office. the time line of what they were able to do, how quickly they were able to put it altogether. the shock waves sent through the community in roanoke and the local tv station there of wbdj is hard to even calculate thinking about the fact learn more about alison parker, just turned 24 years old, and her videographer 27-year-old adam ward, who was engaged to the morning show producer who was actually in the booth producing this show when the shots rang out. both alison parker and adam ward are former interns of this station. becoming full-time employees short time ago. alison graduating from jmu. rom virginia tech. both being local kids growing up in the area. and we know that according to
suspect vehicle. as has been confirmed already, the virginia state police then located the flanagan vehicle on interstate 66 in faulkner county and took him into custody. state police will go into more detail about this shortly. we are still piecing together the timeline of events leading up to this morning shooting. flanagan was a former employee at wbdj-7 and on air went by bryce williams. flanagan sent a lengthy multi-page fax to a national news organization in new york about this incident and our investigators now have a copy of it and it s used in the course of this investigation will be continuing. that s where we are right now. we still have a lengthy investigation to conduct an enthat s our focus as we move forward. i would like to now turn over the mic to sergeant rick garletz
we continue to follow the breaking news out of virginia where this is what we know at this hour. the suspect involved in this shooting of two individuals, alison parker, reporter, photographer adam ward for wbdj 7 is still on the run, as we understand. he s been identified as vester flanagan, aka brice williams. he was born in 1973. police consider him to be armed and dangerous. according to authorities, he has attempted to communicate via social media, twitter account, facebook account as well. that twitter account has been suspended. a third victim of the shooting, vicky gardner, is at roanoke hospital where she is being treated for serious injuries, and we re waiting to get an update on her condition. i do want to go to my colleague,