sorry. thank you so much for hopping on the phone with me for a couple of minutes. i really appreciate it, and add am ward was the cameraman. he attended virginia tech, 27 years of age. alison parker just 24 years young. she went to jmu, james madison university, both grew up in the area, worked together and were a team each and every morning waking up very, very early to get the news on. wdbj reflects on the friendship these two had and the stunning talent of both alison and add am. alison was smart and ambitious. adam was a capable photographer who would go the extra mile to get the job done and they had a lot in common. they worked together every morning. i wanted to go through a sleep study to see if my job impacts how i snooze. adam and i work the same early morning shift but have completely different sleep schedules. alison parker and add am ward were natives of this area. hey, everyone, i m alison parker and photo journalist adam
process and this could be a mistake. i doubt it. we re hurt enough that we want to express our anger and love for allison and adam who whatever i saw them at work were full of smiles and conversation and well in so missed and not ever replaced in terms of what they brought to the party. on behalf of all of us at wdbj 7 i wanted to let that anger out and that whole lot of love out and say i want to thank you all for the professional way in which you have covered this story today and go from here to a memorial gathering we re going to have our community room where our employees are going to be welcomed to do praying and to talk about these loved ones that we have lost. and as we go through this difficult morning and afternoon at wdbj 7, we are also following the news angle of this.
turned into a murder scene live on a morning show, you can see a wdbj 7 live truck. and that is sitting now just steps away from the spot where this reporter turned murderer stalked two of his former colleagues and shot them dead in cold blood while they were doing a live shot about something talking to somebody from the chamber of commerce. it s a story of great interest to people in the town. it is a story that turned into a great tragedy. and what s really frightening about this is, a reporter would know how a live shot works. a reporter like this murderer would know that if you walk up behind a photographer while a reporter is doing a live interview turn like this, north going to see you. it s great cover and you see that reflected in the video that he shot with either a phone or a go pro as he sneaks up for
adam ward, the cameraman there, doing his job till the end and getting a very important piece of evidence. reporter: luke. pete williams, thank you for joining us. i want to toss now to some sound. this is from wdbj, they re the affiliate in roanoke. the suspect was a former employee of the station, a disgruntled employee. take a listen to what the station manager had to say regarding this individual, mr. flanagan. we employed him as a reporter and he had some talent in that respect and some experience, although he had been out of the business for a while when he was hired here. he quickly became gathered a reputation of someone who was difficult to work with, would you say. he was sort of looking out for people to say things that he could take offense to.
football. he was a virginia tech graduate and a huge hokeys fan. and both of them worked here as interns as wdbj 7 before they signed on as employees. alison worked at a station in jacksonville, north carolina, before she returned to wdbj 7 in 2014. adam had been here for four years, as an employee of our production department and more rely as a photographer and news. he and alison had been working together on wdbj 7 morning a little over a year, covering everything from community events to breaking news and they did it well. and both of them had fallen in love with co-workers. adam was engaged to our morning producer melissa ott, they were planning our wedding. alison and our 6:00 anchor chris hurst were dating. kimberly and jean were shattered by the news this morning and our heart go out to family and friends of alison parker and adam ward. and we ll continue to remember them. we have updated information that we got in the newsroom. it appears vesterly flanagan,