Racial Motive Suspected: VA Police ID Person-Of-Interest In WDBJ Double Murder

Race Murder … “Person-of-Interest” Vester “Bryce” Flanagan “sued a former employee for racial discrimination”…”Apparently Williams filmed the murder and posted the video on Facebook”… Accused murdered reporter of making “racist comments” on his Twitter.

UPDATE: Fox News is reporting that the suspect has shot himself.

Numerous sources report that Vester L. Flanagan has been identified by Virginia police as a person of interest in the double murder of WDBJ reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward. Social media accounts identified by numerous news outlets as belonging to the suspect point to a possible racial motive. Flanagan is black. Parker and Ward were both white.

Apparently Flanagan is a former reporter of WDBJ who used the on-air name Bryce Williams. CNN’s Drew Griffin reported that Flanagan “has a history as a disgruntled employee.” Griffin said that Flanagan sued a former employee for racial discrimination.

Police are looking for the 41 year-old Flanagan who drives a 2009 gray Mustang.

On his Twitter account. Bryce Williams/Vester Flanagan posted video of the shooting and accused Alison Parker of making racist comments. A video was posted on the Twitter account. Apparently Williams/Flanagan filmed the murder and posted the video on Facebook.

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