That shit is happening right now apparently.
http://www.wset.com/story/29881870/breaking-active-shooter-reported-in-monetaUpdate - According to the August County Sheriff's Office, 41-year-old Vester L. Flanagan has been named as the suspect in the shooting which left two dead in Moneta Wednesday morning.
Flanagan is considered armed and dangerous.
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Update: According to WTOP, Governor McAuliffe said authorities are pursuing the suspect on I-64 and an arrest is imminent.
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Update: According to WHSV, law enforcement is pursing the suspect on I-81.
Several Centra facilities are on lock-down.
Bedford Memorial, Lynchburg General Hospital and Virginia Baptist Patients are being seen in the ER.
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Update: WDBJ confirms that two members of their news crew were shot and killed during their live remote at Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta Wednesday morning.
Reporter Alison Parker and Adam Ward, who was a photographer, were killed.
The suspect is still on the loose.
ABC 13 will bring more updates as they are available.
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Moneta, VA - Franklin County Sheriff's Department spokesman Phillip Young says there have been reports of an active shooter at Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta.
We have an ABC-13 crew in Moneta right now.
Young says this is all developing right now so this is just a preliminary assessment of the situation.
All Bedford County schools are on perimeter lock-down as a precaution.
VDOT is reporting a high-priority incident on Route 122 in the vicinity of Dovetail Road near Bridgewater Plaza. Both north and south through lanes are closed. Route 122 south at the Bedford County line is blocked down to the Bridgewater Plaza. Traffic is being detoured onto Route 636, onto Route 619, onto Route 757, onto Route 616, onto Route 655 and back onto VA-122.
Stay with ABC-13 for the latest information.
