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Title: 2 members of Virginia TV news crew shot dead during live broadcast
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URL Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/08/2 ... crew-in-virginia/?intcmp=hpbt1
Published: Aug 26, 2015
Author: WDBJ7
Post Date: 2015-08-26 09:52:49 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Views: 504
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DEVELOPING: A man with a gun has shot and killed two media members on live television while they were filming in central Virginia and police are still searching for the assailant. The two killed were identified by WDBJ colleagues as reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27. The incident occurred at 6:45 a.m. at Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta, Va., according to Franklin County Sheriff Department spokesperson Phillip Young. Earlier, police had reported there were three victims, according to WSLS. WSLS said police are still looking for the shooter and hope to have a description out to the public shortly. A federal law enforcement official told Fox News the FBI's Richmond field office has responded to the scene and is participating in the investigation. The ATF said on Twitter it is also part of the manhunt for the shooting suspect. The shooting occurred live on television while Parker was conducting an interview outdoors about a planned anniversary celebration at Smith Mountain Lake, with Ward filming. As the camera panned to Parker and her subject, multiple shots rang out and several screams could be heard. As the camera fell to the ground, an blurry image suspected to be of the gunman came into view on the screen.
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#1. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
Not much but a start.
WTF ?
WTF ? ========================================================== SOB hasn't answered my question yet either.
It's just been reported that the shooter is a disgruntled ex-employee of the TV Station where the Reporter and camera man worked.
Thanks for the update.
No Problem.
(CNN)A manhunt is underway for a gunman who killed a local news reporter and photographer on live television Wednesday morning during a routine interview outside Moneta, Virginia. Alison Parker was interviewing a woman at about 6:45 a.m. when shots rang out. Both women screamed. As the camera fell to the ground, the audience caught the briefest glimpse of a man who appeared to point a gun toward the downed cameraman. The station cut away to a shocked anchor, Kimberly McBroom, back in the studio. Parker, 24, and photographer Adam Ward, 27, were killed in the shooting at Bridgewater Plaza near Moneta, the station, WDBJ-TV, reported later. After photographer Adam Ward was shot, he managed to capture a brief image of the suspected gunman. Another journalist at the anchor's desk said Ward was engaged to be married to morning show producer at WDBJ, Melissa Ott, and Ward recently told her, "I'm going to get out of news. I think I'm going to do something else." Parker is the morning reporter for the Roanoke station and a native of Virginia, having spent most of her life outside Martinsville. She started with WDBJ as an intern, her biography on the station's website says. She previously worked with another CNN affiliate, WCTI-TV, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, near Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. She is a graduate of James Madison University's School of Media Arts and Design in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Chris Hurst, a reporter for the station, tweeted that he and Parker "were very much in love" and had just moved in together after dating nine months, "the best nine months of our lives. We wanted to get married. We just celebrated her 24th birthday." Hurst described himself as "numb." "You know, you send people into war zones, you send people into dangerous situations and into riots, and you worry that they are going to get hurt. You send somebody out to do a story on tourism and -- how can you expect something like this to happen?" Marks told CNN. A local pastor, "a friend of the newsroom," is at the station, consoling Parker's and Ward's co-workers, he said.
Another beautiful Southern White woman murdered in the aftermath of Mr. Lincoln's war.
#21. To: StraitGate (#20)
True. And alas, none of her clones in the media will budge from their Lincolnolatry and Lincolnic faith as a result -- they just don't get it. More programs for the underserved! Clean cups, clean cups!....
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Not much but a start.
#6. To: noone222 (#5)
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Not much but a start.
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Virginia TV reporter, photographer killed in shooting during live interview
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