Originally published on 27 August, 2015 Sign up for a free trial of News Direct's animated news graphics at http://newsdirect.nma.com.tw/Reuters.aspx ----------------------------------------­----------------------------------------­---------------- For story suggestions please contact tips@nma.com.tw The man believed to have shot and killed two journalists during a live broadcast in Virginia was located after a State trooper used a license plate reader to track him down. Virginia State Trooper Pamela Neff spotted Vester Lee Flanagan’s vehicle on Interstate 66 at approximately 11:20 a.m. with the aid license plate reader, Fox News reported. “As soon as it was entered, it came up with a positive hit that that vehicle just passed me less than three minutes earlier,” Fox News quoted Neff as saying. “I let my dispatch know that the vehicle has passed me and I attempted to catch up with the vehicle, which was travelling eastbound on 66.” Flanagan’s vehicle ran off the road and crashed after a car chase. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound later at a hospital. The Automatic License Plate Recognition system uses cameras mounted to several points on a police car. The cameras are connected to an in-car processer and to a laptop in the police car, according to IEEE Spectrum, an electrical engineering journal. The cameras automatically read licence plates numbers on passing cars. A database then queries the numbers. If the license plate is located, the system alerts the officer with an alarm and an on-screen notification, IEEE Spectrum reported. This animation depicts how Automatic License Plate Recognition system works. ----------------------------------------­----------------------------------------­---------------- Next Media Animation’s News Direct service provides daily, high-quality, informative 3D animated news graphics that fill in for missing footage and help viewers understand breaking news stories or in-depth features on science, technology, and health. To subscribe to News Direct or for more info, please visit: http://newsdirect.nma.com.tw/Index.aspx