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Va. reporter, camera man killed during live broadcast this morning

Rick Outzen August 26, 2015

WDBJ-TV in Roanoke, Va. is reporting that a gunman killed its reporter Alison Parker, 24, and videographer Adam Ward, 27, during a live broadcast this morning.

The station’s general manager, Jeff Marks, said that Parker and Ward died shortly after 6:45 a.m., when the shots rang out.

Marks said, “We heard screaming and then we heard nothing.”

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”