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A gunman who murdered two TV journalists during a live broadcast and then confessed on Twitter with a macabre video of the killings has now shot himself.
Using the name Bryce Williams, the 41-year-old disgruntled former employee of WDBJ7 network in Virginia, claimed responsibility for shooting news reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward.
Williams, who also goes by the name Vester Lee Flanagan II, is believed to have crashed his car and shot himself as he fled the scene.
Police found him suffering from a gunshot wound and took him to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
A man claiming to be Williams wrote on Twitter today that he had shot Ms Parker after she made racist comments.
He said he had attacked Mr Ward after he complained about him to their company's human resources department.
He said: "Alison made racist comments. EEOC report filed. They hired her after that???
"Adam went to hr on me after working with me one time!!!
"I filmed the shooting see Facebook".
His Twitter account was later suspended. The full extent of the gunman’s plot was unveiled on his Facebook profile.
He had tested uploading videos and posted an old showreel of himself in a gun shop, posing with an automatic weapon. He also shared a bizarre video of himself playing with his cat.
Terrifying video footage of the murders posted online today shows Ms Parker, 24, carrying out an interview about tourism on Bridgewater Plaza in Franklin County, Virginia.
She was smiling when at least eight shots were heard. Mr Ward’s (27) camera appears to drop to the ground and the reporter is heard screaming. The woman being interviewed - Vicki Gardner - is fighting for her life in hospital.
WDBJ's general manager, Jeffrey A Marks, said on air today: "It is my very, very sad duty to report that we have determined through the help of the police and our own employees that Alison and Adam died this morning shortly after 6.45 after the shots rang out."
He continued: "I cannot tell you how much they were loved, Alison and Adam, by the WDBJ7 team.
"Our hearts are broken and our sympathy goes to our entire team but also their parents and families of Alison Parker and Adam Ward, who were just out doing their job today covering a story near Smith Mountain Lake.
"We have members of the team holding back tears frankly."
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