Colleagues watched in absolute horror. Wards producer witnessing his death live from the control room. But they stayed on the air covering their own tragedy and earlier today the precise time of yesterday mornings shootings, the stations staff stopped the news, something that you rarely see, and took a moment to join their community, share their grief in a moment of silence. It was yesterday around this time that we went live to Alison Parker and photo journalist adam ward. They were out in the field, a story like so many others that they did all the time, reporting at Bridgewater Plaza to report on a happy event, the 50th anniversary of a lake, just a feature. It was during a conversation with vicky walker, when the peacefulness of our community was shattered. As we approach that moment, we want to pause and reflect and show what makes them so special not just to us but all that wdbj serves. Please join us now in a moment of silence. I said it yesterday and ill say it again, wdbj, we
Questions why she cut her trip to the hamptons short. Well watch that today. Politically significant on the political side and any minute microphones on the right side of the screen and watching and waiting for the News Conference from the Franklin Countys sheriff ice up, Fauquier County, with the update on the tragedy that unfoldled on Live Television. A young reporter and cameraman shot and killed in a live broadcast and on a personal note i just wanted to say that. Too often part of my job every day as a journalist is to cover tragedy, but todays news hits close to home. This morning two young journalists were murdered doing what they loved, telling stories within their community, and instead now the loved ones of 24yearold Alison Parker and 27yearold adam ward will not get to see them tomorrow. No weddings, no children, no future careers as journalists. As as someone who started my career in a very small market in virginia just 120 miles up the road from roanoke let me tell you i k
Doing a live shot this morning. Police are actively looking for the gunman. Schools in the area are on lock down. There is disturbing video of the event circulating on social media right now. Alexandra field is here, Brian Stelter. Both are following the story this morning. This just broke, what, 6 45 eastern this morning. It wasnt like a bad neighborhood. She was the morning reporter for the station. This is a 24yearold woman, allison parker. We have video that captured the live shot this morning. It is some of the disturbing video you will see. It deeply shakes you. This is a young woman out there in the middle of a water park doing a morning report. All of a sudden you hear this burst of gunfire. You hear the young woman react. We counted about eight gunshots alone just as this video plays. You can see the photographer loses control of the cam, it pans to the ground. You dont see anything beyond that, just the chaos erupting. The people who are back at the station watching this live
We do not know who the suspect or who the killer is. Reporter Alison Parker, photojournalist adam ward both widely respected. Each deeply in love and on the verge of beginning new lives with the ones they loved. Well focus heavily tonight on those stories. We will also bring you new details about the killer who took his own life. What we wont be doing is turning this hour into his story. Well be mentioning his name and showing his picture as little as possible. His stated motives and violent history matter giving him any further publicity even in death certainly does not. With that we begin with brian todd in this awful timeline. Reporter its 6 45 a. M. Wdbj reporter Alison Parker is giving a live interview. Adam ward is photographing. Then shots ring out. Both parker and ward are hit as well as the woman being interviewed. Wards camera films the shooter, gun raised in the air as he laid dying wards last living act capturing an image of his own murderer. Alison parker, age 24. And adam