Killer Vester Flanagan sent out a manifesto on Wednesday morning.
The former reporter mentions the Charleston church shooting. He wanted to incite a race war.
Flanagan shot dead 24-year-old reporter Alison Parker and 27-year-old cameraman Adam Ward, both of WDBJ TV, on Wednesday morning.
The Hill reported:
An apparent suicide note received by ABC News on Wednesday morning and attributed to Virginia shooting suspect Flanagan, aka Bryce Williams, claims the killing of two reporters during an on-air interview was motivated by the Charleston church shooting and a desire to incite a “race war.”
ABC News says a man identifying himself as both Flanagan and Williams — Flanagan’s on-air name — first contacted it several weeks ago.
The man asked for a fax number, claiming he wanted to pitch the news channel a story.
A fax reportedly transmitted two hours after this morning’s shooting appears to contain “suicide notes” authored by a man named Bryce Williams.
“What sent me over the top was the church shooting,” the author says, referring to June’s mass shooting at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. “And my hollow point bullets have the victims’ initials on them.”
“As for [Charleston shooting suspect] Dylann Roof? You [censored]! You want a race war [censored]? BRING IT THEN YOU WHITE …[censored]!!!”
The author then claims “Jehovah” told him to act on his plans.
Flanagan also wrote about Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui-Cho.
“I was influenced by Seung–Hui Cho.
“That’s my boy right there.
“He got NEARLY double the amount that Eric Harris and Dylann Klebold got…just sayin.”