everything and bring herself and everything up here and will show you the equipment if you re interesteded in that. can you talk to us about the work that your people did, that she did? well, i said once we mobilized and we get information of where the suspect vehicle was possibly traveling we had troopers all along the interstate systems not only monitoring us, monitoring and looking for those peeks. i heard some of the radio traffic and it just sounded like an incredibly protectional job and at some point they talked about the guy having something in his right hand. we were getting all kinds of information while they were monitoring and getting ready to do the traffic spot. we came up on spaces at one point, coming up on a work zone and that was taken into consideration and where the traffic stop would be initiated. by that time he knew we were in the area and following him and we pre-planned everything so nobody would be hurt.
county sheriff s office received a 911 call concerning shots fired at bridgewater plaza near smith mountain lake. a wdbj-tv news crew was conducting a live interview at the plaza with miss gardner when vester lee flanagan ii, age 41, of roanoke suddenly appeared and approached him and started shooting. alison parker age 24 and add am ward age 27 died at the scene. both parker and ward were residents of roanoke, virginia. let us not forget that they grew up in this area. they were part of our community. we don t want to forget that. miss gardner was transported to
after the murders live on television and surreal twist of flanagan using his on air name bryce williams was sending out these tweets and facebook posts as he fled north from roanoke. among the social media posts was the video that we re not showing of the shooting from his perspective, and apparently those social media posts helped law enforcement figure out exactly where he was. they were tracking his cell phone. the virginia state police say that this is how the pursuit ended around 11:30 this morning. state troopers saw his gray car headed eastbound on interstate 66, far north of the roanoke region, heading towards the washington, d.c. area. troopers turned on their emergency lights to pull him over, but he fled. minutes later the vehicle ran off the road and crashed and when troopers found him they found that he had shot himself. he s now being treated for life-threatening wounds, brooke, and we re watching that closely right now. evan perez, thank you. i want to ask everyone to
sorry. thank you so much for hopping on the phone with me for a couple of minutes. i really appreciate it, and add am ward was the cameraman. he attended virginia tech, 27 years of age. alison parker just 24 years young. she went to jmu, james madison university, both grew up in the area, worked together and were a team each and every morning waking up very, very early to get the news on. wdbj reflects on the friendship these two had and the stunning talent of both alison and add am. alison was smart and ambitious. adam was a capable photographer who would go the extra mile to get the job done and they had a lot in common. they worked together every morning. i wanted to go through a sleep study to see if my job impacts how i snooze. adam and i work the same early morning shift but have completely different sleep schedules. alison parker and add am ward were natives of this area. hey, everyone, i m alison parker and photo journalist adam
he s believed to be the prime suspect in the shooting in that area. down in franklin. agencies assisted the virginia state police. it s currently under investigation by the virginia state police and our bureau of criminal investigations. the fauquier sheriff s department, atf, u.s. marshall service, virginia vdot and also fire and rescue units from fauquier and warren county, correct, warren county, from lyndon, marshall, upperville and orleans. fire and rescue companies. also, other law enforcement agent significance along i-18 assisted in our lookout for this vehicle. that s the end of my statement on that.