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 The gunman who shot two journalists to death during a live broadcast had a wig, six magazines of ammunition, and a to-do list in the car he was fleeing in before he killed himself, according to an inventory of items found in a search warrant return. 
 
 Police also found 17 stamped letters, a briefcase that contained three license plates, a shawl, and an umbrella in Vester Flanagan's rental car, the search warrant return said. 
 
 Police say Flanagan died at Innova Fairfax Hospital at 1:26 p.m. on Wednesday, hours after firing shots at a Moneta, Virginia, shopping center during Roanoke affiliate WDBJ's morning broadcast. 
 
 According to a probable cause affidavit filed to search Flanagan's car, police said Flanagan texted a friend "making reference to having done something stupid" following the shooting of WDBJ reporter Alison Parker, photographer Adam Ward, and local chamber of commerce director Vicki Gardner, who was also shot and survived. ||||| Red Flags 
 
 Cat feces, grimy sex toys, bare mattresses—Vester Flanagan’s apartment hinted at his deteriorating mental state. 
 
 The killer journalist who shot two former colleagues to death on-air was falling apart well before the attack—keeping a spartan apartment soaked in cat urine, and even being ordered to seek help before he was fired, court records and reports indicate. 
 
 Vester Flanagan’s Roanoke, Virginia, residence may have hinted at his deteriorating mental state. His drab apartment was reportedly covered in cat urine and cat feces littered his balcony. 
 
 Neighbors say Flanagan had two felines, which they say went missing after the murders. The neighbors also repeatedly complained about Flanagan to the landlord, The Telegraph reported. 
 
 “He would literally just throw cat shit into their balconies,” one source familiar with the murder investigation told the newspaper. 
 
 Before Flanagan gunned down WDBJ-TV reporters Adam Ward, 27, and Alison Parker, 24, on Wednesday morning, he left behind a home plastered with pictures of male pin-ups and photographs of himself in younger days, according to reports. 
 
 Police also allegedly discovered a gay pride flag and sex toys with “human material” on them inside his $600-a-month pad, which was otherwise barely decorated, according to The Telegraph. 
 
 Photographs taken inside after the attack show a bare mattress, a refrigerator covered with glamour shots of Flanagan himself, and a computer desk next to a plastic beige lawn chair. His bathroom counter was covered with two-dozen red tealight candles. 
 
 It’s unclear how Flanagan, 41, spent the last two years before being fired from WDBJ-TV in February 2013 for what his employer called volatile behavior. His LinkedIn profile listed no other recent work experience besides his year-long stint at the Roanoke TV station. 
 
 Just hours after Flanagan murdered the young journalists, then posted video of the heinous slaying on social media before killing himself, he allegedly sent a 23-page manifesto to ABC News under the name Bryce Williams—his on-air name at WDBJ. 
 
 In the suicide note, Flanagan claimed he purchased a gun two days after the mass killing of black parishioners at a Charleston, South Carolina, church and said he hoped to spark the “race war” shooter Dylann Roof vowed to start. 
 
 Flanagan reportedly rattled off a litany of grievances—including that he was attacked by black men and white women; that he was attacked for being a gay black man; and that he faced racial discrimination, bullying, and sexual harassment at work, ABC News reported. 
 
 In the manifesto, Flanagan also claimed he took his cats—one of which he’d named Kangawoo, according to a post on his now defunct Facebook page—to a forest and killed them. He said he offed his pets “because of them,” apparently referring to his ex-colleagues. 
 
 He added that he’d endured “tough times” and that he was “proud” of once working as a male escort. (Before his Twitter account was suspended Wednesday, Flanagan wrote on August 19: “Hell yeah I’ve been a high paid ‘companion’ You wish u could too!! Lol.”) 
 
 “Yeah I'm all fucked up in the head,” he concluded in his missive. 
 
 On Thursday, other local residents came out of the woodwork to describe their strange run-ins with Flanagan. 
 
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 Flanagan reportedly penned angry missives to a Roanoke restaurant months before the attack, the Associated Press reported. 
 
 Heather Fay, a manager at a Jack Brown’s beer and burger joint, said Flanagan delivered a 15- to 20-page note bashing waitstaff for using the phrase “have a nice day” to diners instead of “thank you.” 
 
 She told the AP she wrote down Flanagan’s name and a summary of his rant in her manager’s notebook. 
 
 Meanwhile, it was revealed that Flanagan had a wig, a to-do list, and six magazines of ammunition inside the rental car he used to flee before he shot himself in the head. 
 
 Cops also discovered 17 stamped letters, a briefcase with three license plates, a shawl, and umbrella, according to an NBC News report. 
 
 
 
 After WDBJ terminated him over poor job performance, Flanagan sued for racial discrimination in 2013. The case was dismissed a year later. 
 
 
 
 “I can remember one day in particular... leaving the courthouse... feeling overwhelmed... confused... even some fear. But by golly I knew I HAD to fight. ... They truly fucked with my life and caused an awful chain of events,” Flanagan wrote to ABC News. 
 
 
 
 Court records show Flanagan had a history of intimidating co-workers. Indeed, the day WDBJ canned Flanagan, bosses had to call 911 because of his threatening response—which was captured on camera by Ward, court papers show. 
 
 In a July 2012 letter to Flanagan, manager Dan Dennison apparently demanded he seek outside help and noted his “behaviors continue to cause a great deal of friction with your coworkers” and that he “must make improvements immediately or you will face termination of employment.” 
 
 Dennison said Flanagan was “required to contact Health Advocate, the employee assistance program.” 
 
 Meanwhile, the New York Daily News offered a glimpse into Flanagan’s childhood in Oakland, California, reporting Thursday that Flanagan’s mother was accused of violent “outbursts”—which included threats to kill her husband and her kids. 
 
 The paper obtained 1980s court documents from Betty Flanagan’s divorce from her husband, Vester Lee Flanagan Sr. when the younger Vester was just 8 years old. The elder Flanagan reportedly requested an emergency restraining order, claiming Betty was “extremely menacing and threatening.” 
 
 “She has also repeatedly threatened my life, at least on one occasion threatening to shoot me in my sleep, and the children have heard these threats and are understandably upset,” the father wrote in court documents. 
 
 The dad also claimed Vester Jr.’s mother “threatened the children with a brush and a belt, and had I not removed these weapons from her hands, I am certain she would have used them on the children.” 
 
 A judge awarded Vester Flanagan—who was reportedly once drafted as a linebacker for the Green Bay Packers—custody of his children and granted Betty visitation, the Daily News reported. Before his death, Flanagan wrote on Twitter that he was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness. 
 
 
 
 One of Flanagan’s childhood friends told People.com that the troubled TV reporter took it hard when his mother died in 2008. “That’s when we fell out of touch,” said the pal. “He just withdrew to himself and cut off all contact with anyone from his past. You could tell he was in a lot of pain.” 
 
 
 
 After graduating from San Francisco State University in 1995, Flanagan did stints at TV stations in San Francisco, Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina, though no job seemed to stick. In 1999, a Tallahassee, Florida, station let him go after he “threatened to punch people out,” his former boss recalled. 
 
 
 
 Back then, Flanagan sued the Florida station for racial discrimination, claiming supervisors called him and another African-American colleague “monkeys.” The case was settled out of court, records show. 
 
 A decade later, Flanagan appeared to be repeating history—this time filing a discrimination case against his Roanoke employer. 
 
 In letters to the judge, Flanagan referred to a watermelon that he felt was placed in the newsroom as a racist symbol, outed supposed bad behavior from other employees, and pointed fingers at his former boss, Dan Dennison, for overblowing the firing incident that saw Flanagan escorted out of the building by police. 
 
 “Mr. Dennison mentioned numerous times that I was a big man. So what? Because I am a large Black man I am a threat? That’s racist in and of itself,” Flanagan wrote. 
 
 “Your Honor, I am not the monster here,” Flanagan continued. “I get along with my current co-workers AND I was just recognized by a senior manager at corporate. That sure doesn’t sound like the monster I was painted to be.” 
 
 The court documents also show a troubling relationship with Flanagan’s future victims. 
 
 One supervisor recalled Flanagan discussing allegedly “racist” statements from former intern Alison Parker, who is referred to in the memo as Alison Bailey. “One was something about ‘swinging’ by some place; the other was out in the ‘field,’” the boss wrote. ||||| MONETA, Va. -- A TV reporter and cameraman were shot to death during a live television interview on CBS Roanoke affiliate WDBJ-TV Wednesday by a gunman who recorded himself carrying out the killings and posted the video on social media after fleeing the scene. 
 
 Station GM's emotional reaction to news crew shooting 
 
 Authorities identified the suspect as a journalist who had been fired from the station in 2013. Hours later and hundreds of miles away, he ran off the road and a trooper found him with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He died at a hospital later Wednesday. 
 
 Virginia State Police Sgt. Rick Garletts said a license-plate reader alerted troopers to the suspect's vehicle. 
 
 The shots Wednesday morning rang out on-air as reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were presenting a local tourism story at an outdoor shopping mall. Viewers saw her scream and run, and she could be heard saying "Oh my God," as she fell. Ward fell, too, and the camera he had been holding on his shoulder captured a fleeting image of the suspect holding a handgun. 
 
 WDBJ quickly switched back to the anchor at the station, her eyes large and jaw dropping as she said, "OK, not sure what happened there." The station later went live again, reporting on their own station and staff as the story developed. 
 
 Ex-ATF official on WDBJ shooting 
 
 Parker and Ward were killed as the gunman fired about 15 shots. Their interview subject, Vicki Gardner, was in stable condition later Wednesday after surgery for her wounds. 
 
 The gunman was Vester Lee Flanagan II, 41, of Roanoke, who appeared on WDBJ as Bryce Williams, authorities said. 
 
 In an interview with CBSN, Jeffrey Marks, WDBJ's president and general manager, said Flanagan's name came to mind "instantly" when he heard about the shooting. 
 
 Two journalists fatally shot during live on-air segment 
 
 "He left here in a cloud ... We asked him to leave and that itself was difficult," Marks said. 
 
 Marks said Flanagan had to be escorted by police out of the station when he was fired. Marks described him as "an unhappy man" and "difficult to work with," always "looking out for people to say things he could take offense to." 
 
 "Eventually after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him. He did not take that well," Marks explained. 
 
 Vester Flanagan 
 
 CBS News' Jeff Pegues reports that law enforcement sources say Flanagan purchased two glock pistols legally on July 10 from a gun store in Roanoke. Investigators have been to the store. 
 
 Video posted hours after the shooting on Bryce Williams' Twitter account and Facebook page showed an outstretched arm holding the handgun and firing repeatedly at Parker as she tried to run away. 
 
 The shooter appeared to walk up to the victims and stand a few feet away from them while holding the weapon. The three, in the midst of a live TV interview, do not seem to notice the gunman, who doesn't start shooting until Ward points the camera at Parker. 
 
 Ward was engaged to a producer at the station, Melissa Ott, who was celebrating her last day on the job and was in the control room, watching it live, as the shooting unfolded, Marks said. 
 
 Tweets posted on Williams' Twitter account Wednesday described workplace conflicts with both victims. They say Williams filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Parker, and that Ward had reported Williams to human resources. 
 
 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. 
 
 "We think they were fabricated," Marks said. 
 
 We love you, Alison and Adam. pic.twitter.com/hLSzQi06XE — WDBJ7 (@WDBJ7) August 26, 2015 
 
 ABC News reported on its website that the network received a 23-page fax from someone claiming to be Williams. The network said the fax was turned over to authorities. 
 
 ABC News reports that a man using Williams' name called the network in the past few weeks asking to pitch a story and wanting to fax information. The organization says the man never said what the story was. 
 
 Then, ABC News says, a fax arrived with a time stamp of 8:26 a.m. Wednesday, nearly two hours after the shooting in Virginia. He called the network just after 10 a.m., introducing himself as Bryce but saying that his legal name was Vester Lee Flanagan and that he had shot two people. That document is being analyzed by investigators, Franklin County Sheriff W.Q. "Bill" Overton Jr. said at a news conference. 
 
 The 23-page document is a manifesto of sorts, saying he was motivated to kill his former co-workers after the recent Charleston church shootings. The document says Williams bought a gun June 19, two days after authorities say Dylann Roof killed nine people inside a black church. Police have called the Charleston massacre a racially motivated hate crime. 
 
 According to the network, the man claiming to be Flanagan says in the "suicide note" that he was seeking revenge for racial discrimination, sexual harassment and workplace bullying he said he suffered as a gay black man. The document also cites the Virginia Tech and Columbine High School killers as influences. 
 
 "This gentleman was disturbed at way things had turned out at some point in his life. Things were spiraling out of control," Overton said. 
 
 President Obama spoke about the shooting during an interview Wednesday evening with CBS affiliate KIRO in Seattle, saying that his heart goes out to the victims and their families. 
 
 "I think it's one more argument for why we need to look at how we can reduce gun violence in this country," Mr. Obama said. "Right now, the FBI has been helpful with local authorities in trying to solve what is really a tragic day." 
 
 Both the victims were romantically involved with other employees at the station, according to Parker's boyfriend, WDBJ anchor Chris Hurst. He wrote online that they hadn't shared their relationship publicly but "were very much in love." He said they had just moved in together and wanted to get married. "I am numb," he said. 
 
 We didn't share this publicly, but @AParkerWDBJ7 and I were very much in love. We just moved in together. I am numb. pic.twitter.com/tUrHVwAXcN — Chris Hurst (@chrishurstwdbj) August 26, 2015 
 
 We were together almost nine months. It was the best nine months of our lives. We wanted to get married.We just celebrated her 24th birthday — Chris Hurst (@chrishurstwdbj) August 26, 2015 
 
 The shooting happened around 6:45 a.m. at Bridgewater Plaza in Franklin County, as Parker interviewed Gardner about the upcoming 50th anniversary festivities for Smith Mountain Lake, a local tourism destination. 
 
 Ward, 27, graduated from Virginia Tech and was engaged to a producer at the station, Melissa Ott, said WDBJ spokesman Mike Morgan. 
 
 "Adam was our go-to guy. He pretty much was available to do anything that we asked," Morgan said. "He did live shots during our morning show for several years." 
 
 Parker had just turned 24 and had joined the station as an intern after attending James Madison University, where she was the editor of the school's newspaper, The Breeze. According to her Facebook page, Parker spent most of her life outside Martinsville, Virginia. She was an avid kayaker and attended community theater events in her spare time. 
 
 The station is based in Roanoke, Virginia, and serves the southwest and central part of the state. The shootings happened at a mall just off Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta, about 25 miles southeast of Roanoke.
– After his death, police searched the rental car Vester Flanagan used to flee after allegedly shooting two journalists to death during a live broadcast. What they found, per NBC News and reporter Tom Winter: A Glock pistol and six magazines of ammunition A to-do list 17 stamped letters A briefcase holding three license plates, a wig, a shawl, an umbrella, and sunglasses "Assorted handwritten and typed letter/notes" A black hat A "bookbag w/ random papers / cards" An iPhone The Enterprise rental agreement More details are coming to light today, including the fact that WDBJ, the station where victims Alison Parker and Adam Ward worked, helped authorities identify Flanagan as the suspect. Ward had captured an image of Flanagan pointing his gun toward the camera, and "everybody who was gathered around it said, 'That's Vester,'" the station's general manager tells NBC. "I wasn't sure. They were"—and so the station contacted the county sheriff with the information. After Flanagan allegedly carried out the shooting, police say he texted a friend "making reference to having done something stupid." The third victim, who was shot while Parker was interviewing her on camera, was upgraded to good condition today, WDBJ reports.