Virginia Shooting Suspect Dead

Vester L. Flanagan II, who police say killed two WDBJ-TV journalists while they were on air, died at a hospital Wednesday afternoon of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Franklin County, Virginia, Sheriff Bill Overton told reporters. Flanagan, a former WDBJ reporter, killed two of the Roanoke TV station’s employees, Alison Parker and Adam Ward, live on air before fleeing in a gray 2009 Ford Mustang to Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport. There, he ditched the Mustang and drove away in a Chevrolet Sonic that he had rented earlier this month, Overton told reporters. Just before 11:30 a.m., Virginia State Police saw Flanagan’s car headed east on Interstate 66. With emergency lights activated, a Virginia State Police trooper initiated a traffic stop, police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said.