The only survivor of the massacre captured on live television last month in Virginia was most fearful the gunman would shoot her in the head, she said in an exclusive interview.

The man who was news director during Vester Flanagan’s rocky tenure at Virginia station WDBJ-TV described him as someone who constantly saw himself being victimised by others.

Social media posts by the man who shot dead two television journalists during a live broadcast in Virginia in the US show a disturbing trend of unashamed exhibition of his crimes on the internet, the partner of one of the victims said.