Trying to start a "race" war
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 Dailyail
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