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.
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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