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later when the sonic ran off the road into the median. reporter: as trooper approaches the car she discovers the driver shot himself but still alive. the manhunt is over. the suspect was later flown to another hospital with life threatening injuries. and died pronounced dead at 1:26 p.m. brian todd joins us now. brian, at this point do authorities know how this shooter knew where parker and ward would be this morning? reporter: john, that s one thing they don t know this evening and authorities say that s a key focus of the investigation tonight. how did he know they would be here at 6:45 a.m. eastern time. very early in the morning for a live report. also tonight one thing we can show you tonight we re getting our first look at the wdbj channel 7 live truck. it was blocked until a moment ago by a police vehicle. that s the live truck that these two journalists were transmitting from early this morning when they were shot. john brian todd for us again in
understandably the team at wdbj is heart broken this morning. their first morning in a while without waking up with the a team as they called them. alison parker and adam ward. the reporter and photographer who worked the morning shift. we know alison parker just turned 24 years old. she graduated from james madison university in 2012. worked in north carolina for a bit. returned home to southwest virginia. she grew up about 50 miles outside of roanoke. her colleagues said she was living her dream. now one part of parker s life that viewers learned about yesterday was that she was also dating one of the anchors there as wdbj. chris hurst. he sent this out. she was the most radiant woman i ever met. for some reason, she loved me back. we have learned that adam ward was in love with someone at the
this is cnn breaking news. breaking news tonight, a disguise, ammo, a chilling to-do list found in the car of the failed tv reporter turned kill history gunned down two journalists on the air. a police warrant revealing more about vester flanagan s attempt at escape before he turned a gun on himself. we re also learning about his connection to gay porn websites and his efforts to solicit male models. tonight officials at wdbj-tv in virginia are sharing a fuller timeline of flanagan s hiring and firing and his disturbing and volatile behavior. even as they mourn the deaths of their colleagues. it s been a day of emotional tributes and fond memories of reporter alison parker and photographer adam ward. parker s boyfriend, wdbj news anchor chris letterhurst, joini live. we cover all the news that s breaking right now. first let s go to cnn s brian todd. he s outside wdbj-tv in roanoke, virginia, with the very latest.
shot where her boyfriend was looking right at her and she s kind of looking away and it s so artsy and i love it. i just remember thinking, you know, good for her. you know. that man loves her. you could just tell. and i was it made my heart smile, you know. and i liked that. that s the last image that i saw of her before today. what a great way to remember her. elizabeth bynun, thank you so much. thank you. we ll be right back. that does it for us. we ll see you again at 11:00. special edition of cnn with don lemon starts now. it is 9:00 p.m. on the east coast. this is cnn tonight. i m don lemon. chris cuomo you see him there. leading our coverage tonight from virginia where a community is mourning two young journalists from wdbj. executed on live tv in the middle of a report this morning. 6:45 a.m., reporter alison parker and cameraman adam ward