WDBJ News Director on deadly shooting: 'It's tough. I've never dealt with ... - wtkr.com
Moneta, Va. -24-year-old reporter Alison Parker and 27-year-old photographer Adam Ward from local news station WDBJ in Roanoke were killed Wednesday morning during a live news broadcast. Police say the suspect was 41-year-old Vester Lee Flanagan. The shooting occurred at Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta, Virginia. During a live interview at 6:45 a. m. from Bridgewater Plaza at Smith Mountain Lake, approximately eight gunshots were heard as reporter Alison Parker is seen interviewing someone on screen. The camera, held by photographer Adam Ward, then drops to the ground and the broadcast cuts back to the anchor desk. A short time later, WDBJ confirmed that Parker and Ward were killed in the shooting. Parker was 24. Ward was 27. Both grew up in Southwest Virginia. Parker was a 2012 graduate of James Madison University and was dating a anchor Chris Hurst at WDBJ. WDBJ reporter, photographer hailed by colleagues, friends The woman being interviewed, Vicki Gardner, executive director of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce, was shot in the back and was taken via ambulance to Carilion Roanoke... Source: wtkr.com
