A pair of television
journalists at a CBS affiliate in Virginia were shot and killed during a live
broadcast Wednesday morning, and authorities said the shooter, a former
disgruntled employee at the station, shot himself after crashing his car on an
interstate highway.
The suspected gunman,
identified as Vester Flanagan, a 41-year-old former WDBJ-TV reporter who went
by the name Bryce Williams on air, is in custody with "life-threatening
injuries," police said.
The victims, WDBJ-TV reporter
Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, her 27-year-old cameraman, died shortly after
the shooting, which occurred at approximately 6:45 a.m. at Bridgewater Plaza in
Moneta, Va., near Smith Mountain Lake.
The gunman opened fire as
Parker was interviewing Vicky Gardner, the head of the Smith Mountain Lake
Chamber of Commerce, live on the air. Gardner was shot in the back and taken to
a hospital for surgery. She is listed in stable condition.
A chilling first-person video
posted to a Twitter account belonging to Williams shows what appears to be him
holding a gun behind Parker and Ward during their live shot, then firing three
shots as Parker tries to flee.
"I filmed the
shooting," Williams tweeted after alleging Parker had made "racist
comments" about him.
The Twitter account has since
been suspended as has a Facebook account belonging to someone with that name.
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