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<\/a>This TV video frame grab courtesy of WDBJ7-TV in Roanoke, Virginia shows Alison Parker (L) during an interview on tourism at a water park moments before she was shot and killed\/AFP<\/p><\/div>WASHINGTON, United States, Aug 26 – Two journalists for a local CBS affiliate in Virginia were shot dead Wednesday during a live broadcast, according to chilling television footage of the incident and their network.<\/p>\nWDBJ journalist Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were shot at close range while conducting an on-air interview. The gunman was still at large.
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\n“We do not know the motive. We do not know who the suspect or the killer is,” said WDBJ general manager Jeffrey Marks as he confirmed the deaths to viewers.<\/p>\n
WDBJ is located in the southern Virginia city of Roanoke.<\/p>\n
Marks said Parker and Ward were “both in love with other members of the team” at WDBJ.<\/p>\n
The woman that Parker was interviewing on a balcony at the lakeside Bridgewater Resort in the town of Moneta, near Roanoke, was reportedly wounded.<\/p>\n
Parker was talking to the woman about tourism development for WDBJ’s early-morning newscast when the gunman seemingly closed in from behind.<\/p>\n
Several shots were heard, as well as screams, as Ward’s camera fell to the floor, capturing a fuzzy image of the gunman, dressed in dark clothing.<\/p>\n
The station then cut away to a startled anchorwoman back in the studio.<\/p>\n
On her Facebook page, Parker – whose birthday was just a week ago – described herself as the “mornin’ reporter” at WDBJ with an interest in ballroom dancing.<\/p>\n
WDBJ anchor Chris Hurst tweeted that he and Parker were “very much in love,” adding: “I am numb.”<\/p>\n
“She worked with Adam every day. They were a team. I am heartbroken for his fiancee,” Hurst said.<\/p>\n
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe said on Twitter that he was “heartbroken over (the) senseless murders.”<\/p>\n
Virginia state police were working with local authorities to capture the gunman, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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