News Reporter and Cameraman Killed Following Shooting During a Live Report

A Virginia TV reporter and her cameraman were killed earlier this morning in Moneta, Virginia following a shooting that took during a live broadcast on the WDBJ morning news program.

Parker, the “Mornin’ reporter” for WDBJ7 in Roanoke, Virginia was reporting from the Bridgewater Plaza Mall at 6:45 AM with cameraman Adam Ward when shots rang out on air. There was screaming, the camera drops to the ground and the feed cuts back to a shocked and speechless news anchor back in studio.

WDBJ has confirmed that both Parker and Ward, who were engaged to be married, were both killed in the attack. Police are still searching for a suspect. WDBJ station manager Jeffrey Marks said, “We do not know the motive, we do not know who the suspect, who the killer is.”

According to the WDBJ site, Parker was a former WDBJ7 intern who worked her way up to an on-camera career.

Adam Ward was 27-years-old. Alison Parker had just turned 24. We’ll have more on this breaking story as it develops.