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We're told he headed to an airport, he ditched his car there, picked up another car he took up interstate 81 to route 66 towards washington, but he didn't get that far. he still drove, wolf, almost 200 miles before please caught up to him. according to authorities, he refused to stop hi vehicle, his vehicle then rein off the road. he died of that wouldn't less than four hours ago. also tonight, some investigative threads that we are picking up, i spode with two people who worked with him at two tv stations. one with his wtoc, where re worked in the late '90s, and one here in roanoke. the forme...

Suspect in the shooting in that area. down in franklin. agencies that assisted the virginia state police. it's currently under investigation by the virginia state police and our bureau of criminal investigations. the faquier sheriff's department, atf, the u.s. marshal's service, virginia v-dot. and also fire and rescue units from faquier and warren county. from lyndon, marshall, upperville and orleans. fire and rescue companies. also, all the other law enforcement agencies along i-81 assisted in our lookout for this vehicle. that's the end of my statement on that. >> reporter: did you find any...

Station. i'm aware of another report that suggests that police authorities were in pursuit of this individual, believing to be in a car somewhere on interstate 81 which, you know, runs in that area. so this is a tremendously fast-moving story, but should the governor's report be true, it would be appear again that law enforcement not only knows who the shooter is but knows the vehicle that he's driving in, and they've put out an apb, and hopefully they'll be able to get this guy in custody very soon, if they don't already have him, because we don't have report of that yet. >> right. it is in a...

Jumping on the highway, eluding police and turning the gun on himself and his car being processed on the side of the road in virginia. this is how law enforcement explained it. >> just before 11:00 flanagan's mustang was located at the row naek regional airport and the mustang has been recovered as evidence. flanagan then left the airport in a chevrolet sonic that he had rented earlier in the month. during the course of the investigation investigators were able to track the suspect as he traveled along interstayed 881 and we notified local and state law enforcement along the entire interstate ...

Memorial hospital where she is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. flanagan then fled before deputies arrived on the scene. the franklin county sheriff's office with the assistance of the state police began a search operation to locate the suspect. shortly before 11:00 roanoke city police department located flanagan's 2009 ford mustang at the regional -- roanoke regional airport. the mustang has been recovered as evidence. flanagan then left the airport in a chevrolet sonic that he had rented earlier in the month. during the course of the investigation, investigators were able to ...