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A gunman fired again, and again and again, you hear at least eight shots before the broadcast cuts back to the anchor desk, both parker and ward and on tv for a fraction of a second, that camera caught a clear picture of the man responsible, the man dressed head to toe in black, knew the two victims. Authorities identified the killer as Vester Flanagan, also known as Bryce Williams. He had worked for the tv station. Twitter has a motive, and even worse, he posted videos of the crime, flanagan later took his own life. Chris, my friend is live in roanoke. He begins our coverage. Chris, well get to the killer in just a moment. Youre standing outside that tv station where alison and adam worked. Makeshift memorial into the shade tree, balloons, flowers, but mostly there are tears and there is shock. So many people who have come by are people that work at wdbj. This is a true news family here. So many are just locals in this tight community. Were coming up with the same questioning we have heard too many times in two many different places. Why did this happen . There are answers, but none of them justify this, and none of them make it anything but wrong. This started early this morning at just a regular run of the mill live shot for two june, aspiring journalists who by every account represented all the best that wdbj. Alison parker, 27yearold adam warding with doing a story about a 50 they have anniversary of a reservoir, interviewing vicki gardner, and during that live shot, when wasnt courting any type of danger. This was supposed to be easy, being done well until in 41yearold murderer walked up, and he has his motivations and manifesto, and none of them matter. What we know about these two young people is they were at the beginning of their lives every way you can calculation. They were new to the business, doing well, new to a team doing well. They were both engaged to be married, alison to an anchor here, and adam to a producer here. The story gets even more painful, because ott was in the control room during the live shot when it all unfolded. And they were thinking about their lives, doing all of the right thing when all of the wrong things were done to them. The gunman has the motivations, says he got the gun after charleston, said he had ideas about racism directed towards him. We know he was an employ, had a reputation for being difficult. Dismissed in a way that the manager said was the hardest he had ever dealt with, and now two lives lost. The families, and this news family are bearing the brunt of this pain. They sure are. Young, hungry, but joyful journalists the way we all should be. Chris cuomo, were going to check in again in a bit. But first brian todd is in moneta, virginia. Late out the time line of this mornings events . Reporter rents are still trying to wrap their minds around what happened here this morning, lay out the scene. This is the Bridgewater Plaza shopping center, this is where the shooting occurred in moneta, the shooter died in a hospital in Northern Virginia a couple hours ago. Authorities say they had tracked him by cell phone. He had driven nearly 200 miles after ambushing two reporters from a station where he used to work. The entire incident live on the air. Alison parker and her cameraman shot dead. It is my very, very sad duty to report that we have determined, through the help of the police and our own employees that alison and adam died this morning. Reporter the shooter is vester l. Flanagan, a former reporter, whose onair name was Bryce Williams. He was fired from wdbj two years ago. He apparently shot himself in a confrontation with police. We had an unhappy former employees, but this happens, and usually they move on. Shortly after the shooting, a series of tweets linked to an account until hi onair name said alison made racist comments. Eeoc filed a report. They hired her after that. Adam went to hr on me after working with me one time, and then this i filmed the shooting, see facebook. Wdbj stations manager confirmed a claim was made, but the claim was dismissed. He told cnn he doesnt know why flan adan attacked parker and ward. I cant figure out any connection with those people, the kindest, nicest people who worked here. Im not exaggerating when i say that. Weve got all the information. 24yearold Alison Parker was the reporter for a station for about a year, a recent graduate of james madison. Adam ward, 27, was a cameraman and graduate of Virginia Tech. The two worked as a team. Hear, everything. Adam ward and i are putting the final touches on our special report. Reporter both were in relationships with other colleagues. Parker was dating station anchor chris hurst. Ward was engaged to melissa ott, a producer for the morning show. She was in the control room when this that that. The two were reportedly to move, and purportedly was to be otts last day at wdbj. I cant tell youow much they were loved by the wdbj team. Our hearts are broken. Now, how about Vester Flanagan know where to find those two journalists . Investigators say they are still looking into that. This scene behind me still an active crime scene. The investigation continuing this afternoon. Brian todd in moneta, virginia, thank you so much. Authorities are digs into flanagans past. He was known as Bryce Williams during his tv year, evan perez is working his sources. What are you learning and about his possible motive, and the manifesto received by abc news. It is gunman is believed to have sent a 23page rambling suicide letter claiming he was a human powderkeg, angry about racial grievances for years. The letter is believed to be from vester flan aga using his onair name Bryce Williams. It arrived by fax this morning at abc news. The letter says in part, quote yes, it will sound like im angry. I am. And i have every right to be, but when i leave this earth, the only emotion i want to feel is peace. The letter writer expresses administration for our mad shooters, including the ones at Virginia Tech and columbine high school, but his final motivation was the June Charleston church massacre. In that shooting nine people were at a bible study at a historic africanamerican church, gunned down by a white gunman. The letter says, in part, quote, the Church Shooting was the tipping point, but my anger has building steadily. Ive been a human powderkeg for a while, just waiting to go boom. In recent weeks, someone using the name Bryce Williams has been calling abc news to ask for the fax number. Today at 8 26 a. M. , that fax arrived at abc from someone named Bryce Williams. About 10 00 a. M. , more than three hours after the shooting, someone identifying himself as bryce called to say he had shot two people and the police were after him. The fax arrived well after the shooting took place. Evan perez, thank you so much. Investigators are trying to trace every move that gunman made, trying to understand why he would want to take these two young lives. Were going to speak about how theyre developing the idea of a motive next. But first wall street surging after six days of big losses. Thats the biggest oneday point gain since 2008. Well be right back. Big day . Ah, the usual. Moved some new cars. Hauled a bunch of steel. Kept the supermarket shelves stocked. Made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. Whats up for the next shift . Ah, nothing much. Just keeping the lights on. laugh nice. Doing the big things that move an economy. See you tomorrow, mac. See you tomorrow, sam. Just another day at norfolk southern. Im why . Because its red lobsters crabfest. And theres so much crab, so many ways. And with dishes like this luscious crab lovers dream or savory snow crab bake. Im just Getting Started so hurry in and get crackin a good host, is a good host no matter where hes hosting. Stella artois host beautifully welcome back to the lead. This is are live pictures outside wdbj. More now in our national lead, these awful moments, just the worst you can imagine. Alison parker, adam ward shot and killed in the middle of an onair report. The shooter an angry former employees of the station, but so many asking the basic question why . I was though bring in mary ellen otoole. And also the author of the book the will to kill masse sense of senseless murder. Let me make clear, we dont want to put more focus than we absolutely have to on this killer to give him the attention he so obviously sought for whatever deranged reasons he has, but it is important to understand if there were signs that could have been seen, if there was something that could have been done, so this man obviously had a problem with this station wdbj. He was fired, he was disgruntled, at one point escorted from the building. They had security locking down the building the day that he left. That doesnt seem normal. That seems like something beyond just a disgrunt you would employee. It certainly did. As more information becomes available about this individual, what they are going to find is he had problem relationships with other people going back to his childhood. These problems are what result in what i call the injustice colle collector, and thats someone who basically goes through life and they collect injustices from everybody. They perceive theyre being put down, insulted, ma lined by everyone they have contact with, and their response, when they do respond, its very disproportionate to the putdown or insult. Professor fox, this man, this killeder just didnt murder two people. He then filmed it and posted it himself. What kind of person hosts a murder video for the world to see . Proudly posting it on both twitter and facebook . Its important for him that we all summer hes not just some nut who went berserk, but he had a reason. These guys tend to see themselves as victims, victims of injustice. He felt he was bullied, a victim of racism, not just at this job, but at previous jobs. Its important we all understand he was a good guy who was getting revenge, he was punishing those that harmed him. So its important for him to broadcast that. Hes not the first to send letters and videos. The live element of this, of course, is unusual. Ritz interesting, he did two things nen 23page manifesto, he references the Virginia Tech murders, sort of, you know, praising them, or at least praising the shooter. He also mentions column buy, expressing administration, but he said the impetus for this was charleston, sort of a revenge for the church massacre. Yes, and its very typical that they will see an event like the shootings in charleston, and that would be the impetus theyll use to precipitate all of this behavior, but it goes back much further than the charleston shooting. Its very interesting that hes looking at and admire the columbine shooters, as jamie and i know, theyre sort of the gold standards for people who engage in this behavior, but i think when investigators go to his home, they will see books and documents and writings where he has followed these cases, and he has made notes, and hes aspired to be like them. You know, i know we dont want to glam riouglamourize, bu not use the word manifesto which i dont believe he did. A manifest aro is document of important. This is just a rambling letter. Its unfortunate we use this word manifesto over and over again. Im agreed, fine, sold. I dont want to give it any more credit that it deserves. He did this document and posted all document and records on facebook and twitter. He obviously wanted to leave some record of this whole thing. Yeah, he wants his legacy to be positive. Again, in his mind hes the good buy and he wants us all to understand that, and this is proof hes been mistreated, and he wanted revenge, and this was his day to do so. Right. We saw in the Virginia Tech shooting, he also the shooter said to nbc sent videos and all the sorts of documents. This is pretty do you remember. They want to justify and document what it is why theyre doing it. Thank you both so much for being with us. Thank you. This gunman as we want, let behind a clear trace. Even social media, forced to respond. Plus how tv stations across the country are reacting with their own onair coverage. Stay with us. Go to ziprecruiter. Com and post your job to over one hundred of the webs leading job boards with a single click. Then simply select the best candidates from one easy to review list. And now you can use zip recruiter for free. Go to ziprecruiter. Com. Welcome back to the lead. Im john berman in for jake tapper. We continue to learn new details about the gunman who shot and killed two journalists while they were on the air this morning, and hours after the killing, he took the cowards way out those words from the tv stations general manager and turned the gun on himself. He may have left behind a 23page document giving a glimpse into his psyche. Host of reliable sources brian stelter. They say they received it an hour and a half after the shooting took place. They turned it over to Law Enforcement, about you they still have it, and how much has been released . It does seem they have a copy. They have shared some details, for example, the killer describing how it was it is Charleston Church shooting if for some reason set him off. We have about a page of highlights or low lights from this sick document. Abc may or may not share more. Have Law Enforcement indicated they wanted to seem it private . They not said that publicly. I realize in Virginia Tech, nbc news was given a manifesto, they worked carefully with the authorities on that, and i would expect the same in this case. We saw a lot of their noon newscast as they were reporting on the news, eulogizing their colleagues, and working through this horror. Their performance has been extraordinary today, as theyve had to cover their friends, cover their colleagues, cover their family. Television news is a nasty business sometimes. Its a competitive business, a lot of rivalries, even among local stations, but today we say a large family. Ive heard from journalists from many newsrooms shaken by this, now because they were personally affected. When youre on a live shot in a small town, anybody can come up, usually innocently, to ask for an autograph, say hello, or jokingly interrupting your live shot, but its very exposed today, the vulnerability. Even annette dotal, some station dos a few less live shots, not because theyre concerned, but because some of their journalists are shaken up. Brian, thank you very much. The victims werent just workers there inside that tightknit commute. They friend, and we have a closer look at the lives of these victims and all they leave behind. Thats next. We call ourselves the freedom hikers. Hiking brought us together but thats not the only thing that keeps us coming back. Heres to friends who reach for better. Fewer carbs, fewer calories, superior taste. Michelob ultra. 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This morning 24yearold Alison Parker and 27yearold adam ward, today our thoughts and prayers are with their grieving friends and families. Hey, everyone, im Alison Parker. Adam ward and i are putting together the final touches on our special report. Their passion leapt through the scene. They informed and delight you said a community. Adam ward, news 7 sports. Reporter a community now in a state of pure disbelief. This place is in shock, as you might expect. Theres a lot of crying and hugging going on. Colleagues say adam ward and Alison Parker of virginia affiliate wdbj were unfailingly positive, relentlessly hardworking, and never shied away from a story. I wanted to go through a sleep study. Adam and i work the same morning shift. My hobby is whitewater kayaking. Reporter she spoke about her love of the outdoors and the arts. My dad was on broadway back in the day. Reporter her fare released a statement i find my grief unbearable. Not hearing her voice again crushes my soul. Parker and ward began as interns, eventually becoming a team. Adam was the kind of guy if he were on the way home and knew of something that needed to be done, he would turn around and go do it. Ward was engaged to melissa ott seen here in a tweet this morning, celebrating what was reportedly supposed to be her last day at the station. Instead, she was in the control room when her future husband was gunned down. Wdbjs morning sank Orr Chris Hirsch says hes numb after the news. Parker was his girlfriend of nine months and had just moved in with him. She was the most radiant woman i have ever met, he posted today, and for some reason he loved me back. The last interview was with vickie gardner, a director of a local chamber of commerce. Gardner was shot in the back and is recovering at a hospital today. As this unfolds wdb