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Woman Killed During Live Broadcast Was Reportedly Dating Man With Local Ties

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A gunman fatally shot a reporter and photographer during a live report Wednesday morning in Franklin County, Virginia.

WDBJ-TV reporter Alison Parker, 24, and videographer Adam Ward, 27, were killed and another woman was wounded in the shooting.

According to Twitter, Philadelphia-area native Chris Hurst was dating Parker. He is an anchor at the station.

Hurst is a 2005 graduate of Conestoga High School in Berwyn.

On Twitter, he said Alison "was the most radiant woman I ever met."

 

 

 

 

Adam Ward, the cameraman who was gunned down, was engaged to Melissa Ott, a producer at the station.

On her website, Ott says she was an intern at WPEN-FM in Philadelphia in 2010, and at NBC 10 in 2011. She graduated from Penn State University that year.

According to CBS D.C., the suspect has been identified as Vester Flanagan, who was also known by the name Bryce Williams when he was a reporter at the station. He is in critical condition after shooting himself, authorities say.

 

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