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Wed Aug 26, 2015, 02:32 PM Aug 2015

Virginia Shooting Suspect Has Died (Updated with Suicide Note) [View all]

Source: HuffPost

The man police believe shot and killed two journalists and wounded a third woman during a live segment Wednesday morning has died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, authorities confirmed in a press conference.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/virginia-journalists-killed-suspect_55ddba22e4b04ae497051567?nxko6r

Update, 2:25 p.m.: ABC reports that Flanagan sent a 23-page fax identified as a "Suicide Note for Friends and Family" to ABC News at 8:26 a.m. Wednesday morning. The document, ABC says, complains of discrimination that Flanagan has faced as a "gay, black man" and cites the June 17 Charleston church shooting as the "tipping point" that motivated Flanagan to kill Parker and Ward. (Flanagan is believed to have accused Parker of making racist remarks and had accused a past employer of racial discrimination.) The document also reportedly expresses solidarity with the perpetrators of past massacres at Virginia Tech and Columbine High School in Colorado.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/08/26/virginia_tv_on_air_attack_reporter_cameraman_killed.html



Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/virginia-journalists-killed-suspect_55ddba22e4b04ae497051567?nxko6r

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