MONETA, Va., A bone-chilling interview broadcast on live TV captured the screams of two WDBJ7 journalists as they were shot to death on location early Wednesday morning.
(This video may be disturbing for some viewers.)
Shortly after the shooting, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe took to Twitter to announce that a former employee is the suspected killer of Reporter Alison Parker, 24, and photographer Adam Ward, 27. However, no arrest has yet been made.
JUST IN: Va. Gov. Terry McAuliffe said on the radio that the Va. shooter is a disgruntled former employee.
— FOX8 WGHP (@myfox8) August 26, 2015
UPDATE: WHSV News reports that the shooting suspect has been identified as Vester Lee Flanagan:
The #WDBJ shooting suspect's name is Vester Lee Flanagan, not Lester as reported by other outlets: http://t.co/0wWbFcVlbX
— WHSVnews (@WHSVnews) August 26, 2015
CONFIRMED: Augusta Co. schools on lockdown as #WDBJ manhunt continues in Shenandoah Valley. http://t.co/ylQZFL2ctv pic.twitter.com/X48mgSg5rJ
— WHSVnews (@WHSVnews) August 26, 2015
UPDATE: Police say that Flanagan shot himself in an attempted suicide. He is in critical condition.
CORRECTION: State police say that #WDBJ suspected shooter Vester Flanagan is not dead, but in critical condition: http://t.co/3Nx0vOkeIN
— WHSVnews (@WHSVnews) August 26, 2015
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