He is behind them for several moments as Parker interviews Gardner. The video shows him approaching the victims, and pointing a gun at them. He posted video of the shooting on his Facebook and Twitter pages. He Posted Video He Recorded of the Shooting on Social Media He was later confronted by police in Fauquier County, about three hours away from where the shooting occurred.ġ. Gardner is the executive director at the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce. She is in surgery after being shot in the back.
The woman being interviewed, Vicki Gardner, was also shot and wounded, the Roanoke Times reports. Cameraman Adam Ward, 27, and reporter Alison Parker, 23, of WDBJ 7 TV, were killed. The gunman opened fire during a live interview with a member of the local Chamber of Commerce.
He was taken to the hospital and died at about 1:25 p.m. His name was initially reported as Lester Lee Flanagan.įlanagan shot himself after being confronted by police, WHSV reports. Vester Lee Flanagan II, 41, who went by the name Bryce Williams while working at the station, WDBJ, has been identified as the suspect.
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Vester Lee Flanagan has been identified as the suspect in the shooting of a Virginia news crew.Ī disgruntled former employee of a Virginia TV station stalked and ambushed a news crew during a live interview Wednesday morning before opening fire, killing a reporter and photographer and wounding the woman being interviewed.
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