Two WDBJ Reporter And Photog Killed During Report

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Breaking: WDBJ Reporter, Photographer Killed in Moneta Shooting - WSET.com - ABC13

Breaking: WDBJ Reporter, Photographer Killed in Moneta Shooting

Posted: Aug 26, 2015 6:24 AM CDT


Update: WDBJ confirms that two members of their news crew were shot and killed during their live remote at Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta Wednesday morning.

Reporter Alison Parker and Adam Ward, who was a photographer were killed.

ABC 13 will bring more updates as they are available.

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Moneta, VA - Franklin County Sheriff's Department spokesman Phillip Young says there have been reports of an active shooter at Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta.

We have an ABC-13 crew in Moneta right now.

Young says this is all developing right now so this is just a preliminary assessment of the situation.

All Bedford County schools are on perimeter lock-down as a precaution.

VDOT is reporting a high-priority incident on Route 122 in the vicinity of Dovetail Road near Bridgewater Plaza. Both north and south through lanes are closed.

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24 year old reporter Alison Parker and 27 year old photographer Adam Ward were shot and killed doing a live report at a water park, Smith Mountain Lakes.

About 8 shots were fired while Parker was interviewing a woman for the segment. The interviewee was not injured. Police have no one in custody.

 

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YouTube video of WDBJ crew shot on live air

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mERfG6PQGCo

 

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According to CNN TV a male holding a gun can be seen in the video after the camera was dropped by the photographer.

No further details were provided.

 

[#1rish]

Absolutely haunting. RIP Alison and Adam.

 

[Irish2155]

Holy Shit - The hell is wrong with people!?!?

 

[Henges24]

Just heard that their news station is continuing with their regular news this morning.

How terrible to have to go through with that.

 

[ClausentoTate]

That screaming is just horrifying. The fact that the interviewee didn't get hit from that close is strange, maybe the gunman knew the victims?

During an interview about bringing tourism into the area too.

 

[IrishinSyria]

RIP.

I hope the authorities hunt this scum down quickly.

 

[BGIF]

That screaming is just horrifying. The fact that the interviewee didn't get hit from that close is strange, maybe the gunman knew the victims?

During an interview about bringing tourism into the area too.

CNN UPDATE

The interviewee, Vicky Gardner, the Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce, was shot in the back and is in surgery.

 

[NCND]

WOW

 

[EuropeanDomer22]

That screaming is just horrifying. The fact that the interviewee didn't get hit from that close is strange, maybe the gunman knew the victims?

During an interview about bringing tourism into the area too.

The woman being interviewed was shot too, she is in surgery

 

[bobbyok1]

One of best ways to honor the two people killed in this murder is to not watch the video of their slaying. There is little doubt that is at least in part what the killer had in mind, "people will see me kill them on video." Filling your mind with this type of real life violence can do no good and dishonors the lives that were taken.

 

[BeauBenken]

Horrible.

 

[Southside Sully]

Absolutely haunting. RIP Alison and Adam.

Looks like he has two guns.. Just awful, this had to be an isolated incident. Again, the rampant gun violence in this country is alarming.

 

[NDohio]

One of best ways to honor the two people killed in this murder is to not watch the video of their slaying. There is little doubt that is at least in part what the killer had in mind, "people will see me kill them on video." Filling your mind with this type of real life violence can do no good and dishonors the lives that were taken.

This

 

[dublinirish]

 

[BleedBlueGold]

This is beyond horrific.

 

[BGIF]

CNN reports police have "a name" and "possibly the license plate number" of the shooter.

 

[Henges24]

Shooter believed to be a "disgruntled employee" of the news station.

 

[Te'o4Heisman]

Sweet now they can catch him and use enormous amounts of tax payer money to hold him in custody, make sure he gets the fair and equal trial that he never gave these two victims, and if we're lucky tax payers will pay for him to spend the rest of his life in jail. Would be much cheaper and more reasonable in my mind at this point to just start tying guys like this to a tree, putting two in his head and leave him there...let his family bear the time and expense to come untie him and figure out what to do with him after that.
My heart goes out to the families of these reporters and really any family that loses loved ones to a worthless POS like this.

 

[dublinirish]

i guess folks following on police scanners saying the suspect's car was flipped over following a chase

 

[Henges24]

i guess folks following on police scanners saying the suspect's car was flipped over following a chase

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">State police say NO pursuit of suspect vehicle by state police at this time, despite earlier reports</p>— NewsAdvance.com (@newsadvance) <a href="https://twitter.com/newsadvance/status/636547931621969920">August 26, 2015</a></blockquote>
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I'm following the police scanner and everything seems to be fairly 'clam' (if you will). Nothing out of the ordinary as out yet.

They are pinging his phone right now and have a location but I am guessing he is moving.

 

[dublinirish]

reddit detectives have already pinned the murders on an innocent man :/

 

[bkess8]

This is just ridiculous, what is this world coming to?

 

[dublinirish]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There are names floating around of the possible "disgruntled employee." Tread lightly. I've spoken w/ one of them by phone, who's horrified.</p>— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/636548621379444737">August 26, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[Henges24]

Vehicle has been found at airport per Scanner

No suspect.

Update: Car may have changed to a different type/color vehicle

 

[#1rish]

reddit detectives have already pinned the murders on an innocent man :/

Ugh I hate when the internet mob goes all renegade.

 

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CNN Update

CNN Update

Police looking for Vester Flanagan, former employee of the station, "NOT"calling him a suspect.

He went by the name Bryce Williams when at the station.

 

[dublinirish]

Ugh I hate when the internet mob goes all renegade.

its like the boston bombings hysteria all over again over there :/