Vester Lee Flanagan

Vester Lee Flanagan Full Name: Vester Lee Flanagan Alias: Bryce Williams Origin: Oakland, California Occupation: Television news journalist, (former) model Goals: To exact revenge on those he accused of 'racial and sexual discrimination' Crimes: Murder Type of Villain: Mass murderer, mass shooter

Vester Lee Flanagan was an American mass murderer who took the lives of two co-workers on August 26, 2015 in Roanoke, Virginia. Flanagan recorded the events as they unfolded using his cell phone. The shooting concluded when Flanagan escaped the scene, phoned ABC News to notify them of his actions, abandoned his car for a rental, and took his own life via self inflicted gunshot in the rented car. Flanagan stated in his suicide note that he closely identified with past perpetrators of mass murder, including Columbine High School shooting perpetrators Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, and Virginia Tech shooting perpetrator Seung-Hui Cho. Flanagan also mentioned the 2015 Southern Emanuel Church terrorist attack, carried out by Dylann Roof, and cited the event as his "tipping point", verbally expressing his hatred of Roof. Apart from his identification with former murderers, Vester Flanagan also had a past record of accusations against hisworkplace and co-workers. These accusations often consisted of claims of racism and homophobia. Flanagan held a Christian faith and confided in his suicide note that Jehovah had instructed him to act out his violent plan.