Report: Suspect in Va. Journalist Murders was Ex-Reporter

By Published on August 26, 2015

Police have named a reporter they are seeking in relation to the on-air shooting that left two dead this morning in Virginia.

Vester Lee Flanagan, who is known professionally as Bryce Williams, has been identified by the Augusta County Sheriff’s office.

Sometime between Tuesday night and this morning, ABC News received a fax from someone claiming to be Bryce Williams. It is a lengthy document: 23 pages. ABC News has turned it over to authorities.

Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, 27, were killed in the field during a live news segment in Moneta, Virginia, according to their station, WDBJ-TV, a CBS affiliate serving the Roanoke-Lynchburg television market.

Read the article “Report: Suspect in Va. Journalist Murders was Ex-Reporter” on abcnews.go.com.

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