Parker and ward were shot and killed during a Live Television interview outdoor Shopping Mall near mow net at a, virginia this morning. The woman being interviewed also injured. She is out of surgery and in the hospital. The gunman former employee of the same roanoke tv station where the victims worked drove off from the scene before posting video of himself carrying out the killings on social media. He also apparently fax add manifesto explaining his motives to abc news. After chase the shooter drove off the road, officers found him with a self inflicted gunshot wound. He died at the hospital. We have Team Coverage of this developing story tonight. Chris oconnell looking what may have motivated the gunman we begin with dawn timmeney with the timeline of a morning we wont soon forget. Dawn . We certainly wont, lucy. Tonight we are learning someone claiming to be the shooter fax add 23 page manifesto to abc news which may explain his state of mind this morning. It was turned over to authorities but it is very hard to imagine. Two Young Journalists 24 and 27 shot to death the horrific scene unfolding live on the air in front of their coworkers and viewers. It was 6 45 this morning, reporter Allison Parker and her photographer adam ward of wdbjtv of roanoke, virginia are broadcasting live for their morning show. Today, a feature at Smith Mountain lake the two interviewing the head of the chamber of commerce about tourism. But this morning, their story shattered by gunfire. As viewers watched in horror. We are not going to show you the video but you can hear the gunshots rinking out on life tv. Not too long after, the station general manager taking to the air to notify viewers and staff of the unthinkable. It is my very very sad duty to report that we have determined through the help of the police and our employees that allison and adam died this morning. At least eight shots fired. The camera falling to the ground capturing the gunman briefly on camera. Parker can be heard screaming and trying to run from the gunman. Our hearts are broken and our sympathies go to the entire staff here but also the parents and family of adam ward and Allison Parker who were just out doing their job today. I cannot tell you how much they were loved. Allison and adam, by the wbj7 team. The woman parker was interviewing is critical injured. Investigators learning the former is a former disgruntled station nace Bryce Williams a reporter whose real name is vestor flanagan. The 41yearold let go by the station described as difficult to work with. He was sort of looking out for people to say things that he can take offense to. And eventually after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him, and he did not take that well. We had to call the police to escort him from the building. Reporter making the killings all the more horrific, flanagan records the shooting with his cell phone as he opens fire on his unsuspecting victi victims. He then takes to social media wall on the run posting the terrifying attack on twitter and facebook. We are not going to show you that chilling video out of respect for the victims. Flanagan then starts ranting on twitter about this particular morning Team Flanagan saying quote allison made racist comments and adam went to hr on me after working with me one time. Flanagan had filed a discrimination claim against wdbjtv which was dismissed. None of them could be corroborated by anyone. We think they were fabricated. Reporter after a lengthy chase about 11 30 this morning Virginia State police spot flanagan on interstate 66 using a license plate reader. Troopers tried to stop him. Minutes later, his car goes off the road and crashes. Thats when police say flanagan turned the gun on himself. Dying at the hospital at 1 30 this afternoon. Its obvious that there was this gentleman was disturbed in some way the way things transpired at some point in this life it would appear things were spiraling out of control. Reporter the woman who survived the shooting Vicky Gardner is in stable condition following surgery this morning. This story certainly has shaken our newsroom to the core. We dont even know allison. We dont know adam. We dont know their families but hits close to home. They were so young. They were bright. They had their careers ahead of em and that taken away in an instant. We have been all been there. We think about being a Young Journalist living your dream out there doing a happy story. This is the last thing you would expect. I mean my prayers i know all of our prayers are with their families tonight. Absolutely. Dawn, thank you. Well were also learning more about the man behind this unthinkable tragedy. Not only about a plan that went beyond his ambush attack but how another high profile shooting may have inspired him. Fox 29s chris oh connell joins us from the newsroom right now. Chris . Reporter well lucy were learning that a few weeks ago a man called the abc newsroom asking for their fax number wanting to pitch a news story. Well this morning at 8 23 a. M. About an hour and a half after the shooting, a 23 page fax came across the fax machine the document was was vestor lee flanagan called his suicide note for friends and family. We have since found out flanagan has had a history of problems in the tv business. Law enforcement officers have concerns. Thats flanagan holding a gun in the first shot of his television resume real that was posted on youtube. Now the manifesto sent to abc news details what he described as sexual and Racial Discrimination for being a gay black man and sometimes chilling rambling note flanagan lays out the reasons for his planned attack on his former coworkers saying why did i do it . I put down a deposit for a gun on ju june 19th. The Church Shooting in charleston happened on jun june 17th. Now he goes on to say what sent me over the top was the Church Shooting and my hollow point bullets have the victims initials on them. His former boss with wdbjtv talked about flanagans anger issues. He quickly became gather another reputation of someone who was difficult to work with. Would you say . He was sort of looking out for people to say things that he could take offense to. And eventually after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore we dismissed him. Reporter now flanagan also had to you multi which is time at a florida station where he work back in 2000 sand. He sued the station for Racial Discrimination that suit was settled out of court. Lucy. Just like you know us here at fox 29 viewers at wdbj very much new Allison Parker inviting them into their homes. Both park car and adam ward were new to this business. Both in love with people they worked with, both way bright future. I went to journalism route which is okay but when i was younger i wanted to either become a doctor or become a pharmacist but as a journalist, i get to cover those types of fields. So its close enough. Parker had just turned 24 years old living her dream of being a journalist. Viewers watched her in the morning at wdbj having all kinds of fun. Like playing hockey. And she had fallen in love with anchor chris hurst who tweeted aft the shooting we didnt take this publicly but allison and i were very much in love. We just moved in together. I am numb. As this shooting played out on life tv, producer melissa ott watched from the control room. Imagine her horror not only did she see her friends and colleagues gunned down before her eyes photographer adam ward was her fiance. The 27yearold photojournalist had graduated from Virginia Tech and met the love of his life at work. Ott grew up in town new jersey, graduated from penn state, intern at philadelphia tv and radio stations. This day the last day at work for ott right before starting a new job and beginning her new life with her fiance. Adam was the camera through which you viewers saw much of what we did and certainly if it was on the morning news and it was out life, you saw adams work. Nobody better to work with than those two individuals. Reporter with wards eye and parkers voice viewers experience wad they did except this morning in tragic fashion. Parkers love chris hurst grappling with it all tweeting his raw emotion. She was the most radiant woman i ever met and for some reason she loved me back. She loved her family, her parents and her brother. My family and i went to mexico about a year ago and we stayed in dell caramel and it was so neat going to see all the ruins. Parker fouling about her best vacation ever with her family. Who now have to grapple with what just unfolded on air and in their lives. The third person shot this morning is Vicky Gardner who survived. Parker was interviewing her about tourism when the shots rang out. Gardner is the executive director of the Smith MountainLake Regional Chamber of commerce. She is now in stable condition after under going emergency surgery. Again, a difficult day police say 41yearold Vester Lee Flanagan who went by Bryce Williams on the air ambushed a tv crew at a Shopping Center in virginia. He killed wdbj reporter alibi son parker and photographer adam ward and injured the woman who parker was interviewing. Williams was a former reporter at that station. Police chased him on a have a is a highway where they say he turn the gun on himself. He later died at the hospital. Coming up at 5 15 arc closer look at the role social media is now playing in crimes like these. Well talk to a psychologist about what happened today and the mind set of the shooter. We of course will continue to stay on top of this story and bring you any updates on our website. Just head to myfoxphilly. Com and look for the latest right there on the home page. Hundreds of pages of documents unsealed by the highest court in pennsylvania. All relating to the criminal charges against attorney general Kathleen Kane. The highlevel conspiracy she says it revealed. Plus how simple sign and kindness from stranger gave new life to woman who was losing her seven year battle with kidney disease. A woman struck by lightning. She says it came right through her cable box. What she says she was doing at the time that made things even more dangerous. Scott . Lucy, right now beautiful weather continues across our area. Low humidity. Comfortable temperatures as well. How long will that last . Plus could we see another heat wave and the latest on erika which could impact the us. Another developing tonight. Three people shot including a 10yearold girl who was playing on playground ton night police need your help to find the shooter. Fox 29s karen hepp is live in mantua. Karen, what happened . Reporter lucy, were right by the zoo. The scene right here 39th and popular. Theres group of young men that are right by this corner store. All of a sudden these shooters roll up in car. Theres one with a gunman comes around opens fire at least 19 shots. Continues to fire as the minors are running away. All wait down there at that playground, thats where there is an innocent little girl who also gets shot. Out of nowhere all we hear is pop pop pop pop pop pop. Little 10yearold girl was shot today and two men by a gunman who sprayed more than 20 bullets on a busy neighborhood block. We had a noontime shooting here into nice neighborhood where kids are playing on a Beautiful Day in the summertime where shots are being fired. Should not be tolerated by this community. We believe the shooters are from this area and known in this area and the public needs to be outraged because of what happened here today. Reporter the little girl was a whole block away. She was simply playing on the playground when she was struck by the bullet. These guys, they dont have no sense of scruples about them at all. You know, they instead of, arc lot of times when they get in any kind of confrontation each other instead of trying to settle it, you know, in the courts or otherwise, they have to use a weapon. I dont understand this. Concerned about the childrens safety and i dont know why they come around here to do all they dirt. Reporter theres a lot of outrageous but also a lot of fear. Many feel helpless and beg the police for more patrols. We need them here so when this happens they can tell themselves instead of them asking the citizens to tell and it citizens dont want to tell because theyre dying behind it. Theyre dying behind it. Its not fair. Reporter right now police are asking for any information. Were looking at people. Theyre coming home from work and theyre finding their cars shot out. This simply over car seats. So a scary situation on every single one of these porches much you know how it is in the neighborhoods. You sit outside. You want to get fresh air and talk to your neighbors. Weve got kids, weve got families out here and this happened in the middle of the day. Police the whole community very upset. We know that the 20yearold that was shot is in stable condition. The 36yearold man in stable condition over at presbyterian and that little girl she is over at chop. She is also in stable condition. If you have any information, please please please call police. Iain, back to you. All right, karen, thank you now to West Philadelphia where a Police Officer shot a robbery suspect. It all happened just before 6 00 this morning when officers were called to 60th and spruce for a robbery in progress when they got there they saw someone who fit the description. The guy ran away and police went after him. Officers say he tried to ambush them and they ordered him to drop his weapons. Police say he was shot in the stomach when he did not comply. Were on top new developments from this mornings tragedy in virginia. Tv reporter an cameraman gunned down during their live report and investigators are now saying the man who carried out that attack had planned it for some time. Manifesto sorts he sent to abc network claimed other high profile shooting motivate the him and social media factored into all of this. Its a disturbing trend that some say is quickly becoming common place with these types of attacks. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is live in cheltenham township tonight. He spoke with an expert about the shooter today. Dave report roar this double murder and shooting took place on life tv the gunman video taped it himself then posted that on social media. He then went on twitter and explained his reasons why. The this afternoon we spoke with Temple University professor and psychologist dr. Frank farley and he says its very clear this act of revenge was well planned out. Lamb have confirmed reporter gunman identified as former tv reporter Bryce Williams aka Vester Lee Flanagan had been a reporter at the very sim station as parker and ward. He recorded himself as he gunned down the reporter and cameraman. They posted the video on social media after fleeing the scene. It was all planned. It was planned in the light of social media because after the perpetrator did it, he then went on social media to talk about it. Report how 21st century is that . Reporter williams also posted several comments on twitter. Saying, i filmed the shooting, see facebook. Then adam went to hr on me after working with me one time. He also wrote, they hired her after that and eeoc report filed finally he alleged quote allison made racist comments. Revenge getting ones own back is often a motive for this kind of thing, but he sounds like hes pretty disturbed. Reporter Jeffrey Marks the stations president and general manager said williams had been escorted by police out of the station when he was fired. Marks described him as an unhappy man and difficult to work with always looking for people to say things he could take offense to. Eventually after many incidents he said we dismissed him. Did he not take that well. We call it the frustration aggression theory. And frustration just builds up until you got to deal with it. Reporter dr. Farley is concerned about future attacks on the media. Somebody else might copy this and you know the media is is pretty ready target, i mean there are interviews going on all the time. Media people are traveling all the time and moving around and it can become a focus anger. Reporter now, williams died from a self inflicted gunshot wound around 1 30 this afternoon. Dr. Farley says its very clear from his manifesto that he sent to abc news that the recent Church Shooting in charleston was an act of horror that sent him over the edge a Tipping Point of such. He said he saw that horror and then decided to become part of horror himself. Iain . All right, dave, thank you. We of course will continue to stay on top of this story and bring you any updates on our website. Just head to fox 29. Com and look for the latest right there on the home page. Happening now, new documents released in the case against Pennsylvania Attorney general Kathleen Kane. Hundreds of pages of emails released that appear to outline the criminal case built against kane. Fox 29s joyce evans joins us tonight. Joyce, those documents include pornography and alleged threats . Reporter they do indeed, iain, and those documents were brought to light after criminal charges were brought against kane. They include scores of emails, images of nude or scantily delayed clad women some depicting sexual encounters. They were distributed among agents and prosecutors who were employees of the office at the time. Other emails contained jokes playing on racial stereotypes or other items that could be viewed as offensive. Attorney general Kathleen Kane said in a recent News Conference that shes been wanting to make shes emails all of them public for quite s