PHOTOS: Reporter, cameraman shot to death in VA

Wednesday, August 26, 2015
The victims were identified as Adam Ward, 27, and reporter Alison Parker, 24.
The victims were identified as Adam Ward, 27, and reporter Alison Parker, 24.
The victims were identified as 27-year-old Adam Ward and reporter Alison Parker had just turned 24.
An on air screen shot shows reporter Alison Parker conducting an interview seconds before she was shot and killed.
The victims were identified as 27-year-old Adam Ward and reporter Alison Parker had just turned 24.
Here is a photo of Reporter Alison Parker, 24, and her boyfriend.
Vicki Gardner was injured in the tragic incident in Virginia.
PHOTOS: Reporter, cameraman shot to death in VAThe victims were identified as Adam Ward, 27, and reporter Alison Parker, 24.
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ROANOKE, VA -- Two journalists at a TV station in Roanoke, Virginia, were killed Wednesday morning while live on-air.

They were shot while doing an interview at a shopping center near Moneta, Virginia. The victims were identified as 27-year-old Adam Ward and Reporter Alison Parker had just turned 24.

The apparent shooter has been identified as Vester Flanagan. He was a reporter at WDBJ and went by the name Bryce Williams before he was apparently fired.

A manhunt was underway for the shooter. Police say Flanagan shot himself when confronted by police along I-66.

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