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Vester Lee Flanagan

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Vester Lee Flanagan (AKA Bryce WIlliams) was an American TV reporter who killed Alison Parker and Adam Ward while they were making a live TV report in Moneta, VA on August 26, 2015. After a police pursuit he shoots himself.

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26 Aug, 2015

Killed on live TV

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Parker and Ward are fatally shot on live television during an interview with Gardner outside Bridgewater Plaza, Moneta, VA. While Parker is interviewing a woman, shots ring out. Both women scream and Ward falls to the ground. The audience sees a glimpse of a man who appears to be pointing a gun toward Ward. The station cuts away to a shocked anchor, Kimberly McBroom, back in the studio. Gardner is shot in the back and taken to hospital.