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• 2015 – Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.

Two WDBJ7 employees were killed Wednesday morning in an attack at Bridgewater Plaza.

Police are looking for a suspect who apparently opened fire on WDBJ7 photographer Adam Ward and WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker.

Adam was 27-years-old. Alison just turned 24.


This happened during a live broadcast around 6:45 a.m.

http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/law-enforcement-investigating-incident-at-bridgewater-plaza/34923086




Tom Winter ‏@Tom_Winter 2m2 minutes ago
Virginia Governor says the person responsible for the shooting of 3 people was a former disgruntled employee of the station.


Parker was interviewing Vicki Gardner, executive director of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce, when the shots rang out, The Roanoke Times newspaper reports.

Barb Nocera, an official with the chamber, told the newspaper that Gardner was shot in the back during the shooting and was in surgery.http://www.cbsnews.com/news/virginia-police-shooting-live-television-news-report/