WTF: Reporter and Cameraman Shot on live TV this morning

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TV reporter and cameraman shot dead during live broadcast

A TV news reporter and cameraman were killed Wednesday morning in a shooting captured in a live broadcast, and the gunman remains at large, police said.

The scene of sudden shock and horror at a pedestrian plaza in Moneta, Va. was captured during a routine news story on WBDJ, a station in Roanake.

In the video, reporter Alison Parker is interviewing a woman at Bridgewater Plaza about tourism in the area. As they talk, about seven shots ring out, as Parker and the woman scream and take cover.

The video then cuts to a stunned reporter in the WBDJ station, who tries to quickly carry on with a broadcast.

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WDBJ reporter Alison Parker interviews a woman at Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta, Va. moments before the shooting.
WDBJ reporters later confirmed on air that Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were killed in the shooting.

"We heard screaming, and then we heard nothing," station manager Jeff Marks said while announcing the deaths.

"Our teams on working on (the story) right now, through the tears," he said.

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A man in dark clothes, holding what appears to be a gun, is briefly seen in the news clip.
The woman being interviewed was Vicky Gardner, head of the Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce, The Roanoke Times reported. She was shot in the back and is in surgery, police said.

The condition of the woman being interviewed has not been released. Police are still searching for the gunman.

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately return Daily News calls.

A man standing near the two women, dressed in dark clothing and holding what appears to be a gun, is briefly seen in news clip, standing by the women. He calmly steps away from the scene before the video cuts away.

Parker graduated from James Madison University in 2012 and interned at the station that summer, according to her LinkedIn profile. She returned as a morning reporter last May.

Ward started working for the station in July 2011, the year he graduated from Virginia Tech, according to his LinkedIn page.

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WDBJ reporter Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, 27, were killed in the shooting captured on live TV.
Schools in Bedford County have been placed on lockdown as police hunt for the shooter.
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Good grief. Hate that happened. And really hope it wasn't just a random nut shooting for for no apparent reason, not that there could be one good enough for what happened.
 
looks like they are leaning towards disgruntled employee. The cameraman apparently had enough strength left to point the camera at the gunman before dying that they were able to get a pretty good ID off of it.
 
So why did he shoot the lady being interviewed? I hope he doesn't make it through the day before he's full of holes.
 
GONOVRIT said:
So why did he shoot the lady being interviewed? I hope he doesn't make it through the day before he's full of holes.
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He didn't,shot himself on the side of Int 66.Cant leave a witness.They said he use to work at a station in NC.
 
DAYAM #2....killer video'd it all with POV camera and uploaded to twitter. Just heard he killed himself.

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kaiser715 said:
DAYAM #2....killer video'd it all with POV camera and uploaded to twitter. Just heard he killed himself.

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Yeah they said they had already pulled the video from twitter and facebook but Im sure somebody kept a copy of it.
 
Dude just shot himself (but is alive currently). edited due to changing news coverage
Lots of info out there about an apparent racist comment made my the deceased lady reporter to the shooter in the past.

There is also a video on Youtube that the shooter filmed of the shooting. Ranks right up there with the beheading videos that have been posted.

I'm sure the shooter was a model citizen who never exhibited any disdain for anybody else and was a victim himself.
Oh, and we need more laws to keep this from happening again. You know, like a law making murder illegal.
 
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I saw that on Pirate. CNN says he's dead. Others say he in CC at local hospital. I hope he's alive and can explain himself and his actions as well as what he had posted on social media in the recent days.
 
This dude is a suck-ass shot. He misses the woman at least three times at damn near point blank range. The camera man had to have been point blank range and with limited mobility due to the camera (and the fact that he had his back to the shooter initially). What a coward. Sucker punch then off himself with no real explanation.
 
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This dude is a suck-ass shot. He misses the woman at least three times at damn near point blank range. The camera man had to have been point blank range and with limited mobility due to the camera (and the fact that he had his back to the shooter initially). What a coward. Sucker punch then off himself with no real explanation.
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Sights are on the wrong side of the gun for someone like him. :D Too soon?
 
Interesting that he raised the weapon and aimed, then put it down and wandered for another 30 secs before doing it again.
They never even saw him there.

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I saw that on Pirate. CNN says he's dead. Others say he in CC at local hospital. I hope he's alive and can explain himself and his actions as well as what he had posted on social media in the recent days.
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... then conveniently unplug his IV etc and let him pass on. Oops. But surely no point in spending $$ and effort to keep him around.
 
sad, horrific, son of a bitch, damn, shit, mother f***er. just a few of the random words that come to mind at the moment.
 
Shooter is living proof that evil walks among us.
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wtf! They puttin' some kind of brain-be-gone in our water? That shit is so sad.

We used to be oh so depressed and shit and off ourselves. Now we seem to find the need to take someone with us.

And there is no form of punishment that can equal the heinousness of crimes like this.

I have no desire to watch either. The news of it is enuff.
 
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