ROANOKE (WSLS 10) - Roanoke City police released a report of the search warrant executed at Vester Flanagan's apartment after he shot three people, killing a WDBJ7 photographer and reporter and injuring a representative from the Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce Wednesday.
The warrant says Flanagan was discovered to live at West Wind Apartments after a series of events identified him to police.
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Special Agent Michael Bowman with Virginia State Police said an associate producer at WDBJ7 reviewed video from the live broadcast during which Alison Parker, Adam Ward and Vicki Gardner were shot.
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A brief moment during the video revealed the shooter's face. Officers said the associate producer was able to identify the shooter as former WDBJ7 employee Vester Flanagan II, also known as Bryce Williams. Flanagan had been fired from WDBJ7 prior to the shooting.
Through his identification, Flanagan was also connected to a grey Ford Mustang with registration for his name and address, as well as a rental vehicle connected to his name and address. Officers spoke to a leasing consultant with West Wind Apartments who confirmed Flanagan was a lessee at the apartment complex.
See the search warrants here:
Officers seized items from Flanagan's apartment and the Ford Mustang located at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport, including:
- Clothing (Apartment)
- Black gloves (Apartment)
- Documents (Apartment)
- Vehicle keys (Apartment)
- Written notes (Apartment)
- Printed pictures (Apartment)
- Ford keys (Ford Mustang)