Vester Lee Flanagan faxed a 23-page suicide note to ABC News after he killed two Roanoke, Virginia, journalists from WDBJ at approximately 7 a.m. Wednesday. <\/p>\n
At 8:26 a.m., ABC News reports it received a fax from a \u201cBryce Williams,\u201d which was Flanagan\u2019s name on WDBJ. <\/p>\n
According to ABC News, Flanagan wrote he purchased his gun two days after the Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting in June. \u201cThe church shooting was the tipping point\u2026 but my anger has been building steadily… I\u2019ve been a human powder keg for a while\u2026 just waiting to go BOOM!!!!\u201d <\/p>\n
Flanagan said Charleston suspect Dylann Roof is getting the \u201crace war\u201d he wanted. <\/p>\n
Flanagan also spoke of being attacked for being black and gay.<\/p>\n
He had been a reporter at WDBJ for about a year using the on-air name, Bryce Williams, according to a former WDBJ employee.<\/p>\n
Flanagan was fired from the station. <\/p>\n
Jeffrey Marks, WDBJ\u2019s president and general manager, said Flanagan had to be escorted by police out of the station when he was fired. <\/p>\n
Marks described him as \u201can unhappy man\u201d and \u201cdifficult to work with,\u201d always \u201clooking out for people to say things he could take offense to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marks said Williams alleged that other employees made racially tinged comments to him, but said his EEOC claim was dismissed and none of his allegations could be corroborated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe think they were fabricated,\u201d Marks said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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