Bryce Williams who shot Alison Parker and Adam Ward live on TV blames Charleston shootings | Daily Mail Online
By Chris Pleasance and Ashley Collman and Josh Gardner For Dailymail.com Aug. 26, 2015
Revenge race murder: Bitter black reporter who gunned down white ex-colleagues live on air and posted the video online blames Charleston shootings and anti-gay harassment in manifesto
- Vester Lee Flanagan II, 41, killed reporter Alison Parker, 24, and 27-year-old cameraman Adam Ward on live TV
- Pair were filming for WDBJ at 6.45am in Moneta, Virginia, alongside local Vicki Gardner when shooting happened
- Gardner was taken to hospital for surgery after being hit in the back while Parker and Ward died at the scene
- Flanagan then used Twitter to post a video of the attacks alongside a rambling explanation while police hunted him
- Also sent 23-page suicide note to news station saying he was motivated by the Charleston church killings
- Said he bought handgun two days after killings, and added that his bullets 'have the victim's names written on them'
- Flanagan had worked for WDBJ but was fired and escorted from the station's building after spats with coworkers
- Flanagan's car was eventually found by deputies after he shot himself, and later died from his injuries at 1.30pm
- WARNING: Videos of the shooting may be disturbing for some readers
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3211529/WDBJ7-reporter-Alison-Parker-Adam-Ward-shot-live-TV-Moneta-gunman.html#ixzz3k0eQqERT
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