http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/26/vester-lee-flanagan-aka-bryce-williams-shoots-self/
Court records from Roanoke County District Court show that Mr. Flanagan had filed suit against the TV station where he previously worked in 2014 but the lawsuit was later dismissed. In 2001, Mr. Flanagan had also filed filed suit against a Florida TV news station where he had worked at the time, alleging that he was the victim of racial discrimination.
In the lawsuit, Mr. Flanagan alleged that a producer at the WTWC-TV station in Leon County, Florida called him a “monkey” and others stated that the newscaster got his job because he is black. The lawsuit was later settled.