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Two U.S. Journalists Killed On Live TV Broadcast In Virginia

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Two journalists were shot to death Wednesday morning while broadcasting live from a strip mall in Moneta, Va., near Roanoke.

Video from the shooting appeared to show a television crew from WDBJ7 in Roanoke being attacked. The station confirmed that the shooting involved one of its crews.

“This is a horrific day for our family and the community we serve,” the station’s chief meteorologist, Brent Watts, said in a tweet.

According to WDBJ-7 News, the two journalists, Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, a 27-year-old photographer, were covering a story at Bridgewater Plaza, a lakeside shopping and recreational sports plaza in Moneta when shots rang out.

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Another local station, WSLS10, said that police were searching for a gunman. The police told the station that there were three victims of the shooting.

A spokesman for the Franklin County
Sheriff’s Office did not immediately
respond to messages.

(NYTimes)

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