Virginia news crew killed in shooting on live TV at Smith Mountain Lake - WTVR
08/26/2015 8:20 am PDT
"(WTVR) -- A reporter and photojournalist were killed Wednesday morning in a shooting that happened on live television at Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta, Virginia. WDBJ general manager Jeff Marks identified the shooting victims as Alison Parker and Adam Ward. Parker, 24 and Ward, 27, worked for WDBJ, the CBS station based out of Roanoke, Virginia.
"The woman being interviewed, Vicki Gardner, executive director of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce, was shot in the back and is in surgery, said Barb Nocera, the chamber's special projects manager."
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