was supposed to be her last day at the station. instead she was in the control room when her future husband was gunned down. reporter: wdbj anchor chris hurst says he is numb after the news. parker was his girlfriend of nine months and just moved in with him. she was the most radiant woman i ever met he posted on social media today and for some reason she loved me back. parker s last interview was with gardner. she was shot in the back and recovering at hospital today. and as this unfolds, wdbj stays on the story. with a broken heart, but not broken. because there is no greater tribute to great reporters than to keep reporting. this doesn t happen in our part of the country. but yet it has and we will be forever scarred by it.
managers. and that he and so he could have been berated. but it was almost certainly in response to something he was doing. and i i would defend the actions of every person who was in that newsroom when he was here because i saw the way he behaved and, if anything, he let me just leave it at that. i saw the way he behaved. yeah, john. thank you, john. if we can go back is there any indication from staff that may have seen this developing that they even knew there was someone standing there or did they have no idea after the live shot is there any indication how that might have played out? well, we haven t talked to vicky gardner about that
it was yesterday around this time that we went live to alison parker and photojournalist adam ward. they were out in the field. the story was like so many others they did all the time, reporting on our hometowns. they were at bridge water plaza near smith mountain lake to report on a happy event, the 50th anniversary of the lake, just a future. it was during a conversation with vicky gardner about another reason why we love living here when the peacefulness of our community was shattered. as we approach that moment we want to pause and reflect and we want to share with you once again what made these two so special not just to us but to all of our how mametowns that w serves. please join us now in a moment of silence.
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