Virginia shooter films himself gunning down TV reporter - then posts horrific footage on Facebook

The suspected gunman police are hunting over the murder of two TV journalists appears to have posted sick footage of the murder on Twitter.

Suspected shooter Vesper Lee Flanagan - who worked at the WDBJ7 station under the name Bryce Williams - shot himself a short time after the footage was uploaded, police have confirmed.

He was said to be in a critical condition, but police later confirmed he had died of his injuries.

Williams, 41, appeared to have uploaded footage of the shooting on his Twitter and Facebook accounts.

The 20-second clip shows the shooter approaching reporter Alison Parker before pointing a gun at her.

She is then seen running away as shots are fired.

A series of accusations were also posted on Twitter before the footage was uploaded.

He accused Ms Parker, 24, of making racist comments and said Mr Ward had made a report to the station's HR department about him.

He then chillingly said: "I filmed the shooting see Facebook". The accounts have since been deleted.

Bryce was at one stage being chased by six police cars but appeared to have posted the footage while under pursuit.

Officials say he shot himself at 11.25am around four-and-a-half hours after the shooting.