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| Virginia shooting live: Gunman 'faces imminent arrest' after two US TV journalists shot dead live on air | Virginia shooting live: Gunman 'faces imminent arrest' after two US TV journalists shot dead live on air |
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| Here are the latest updates: | Here are the latest updates: |
| ● Reporter and cameraman shot dead during live TV broadcast● Vester Lee Flanagan has been named as a suspect by police● The gunman is reportedly a 'former disgruntled employee'● The shooter appears to have posted a video of the attack on social media● The interviewee was shot in the back and has been taken to hospital● Journalists named as Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, 27● Shooting took place at 6.45am Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta, Virginia● Reaction: The image people are sharing to remember Alison Parker | |
| Police are hunting a gunman on the run after shooting dead a television reporter and cameraman during a live broadcast in Virginia. | Police are hunting a gunman on the run after shooting dead a television reporter and cameraman during a live broadcast in Virginia. |
| The suspect has been named by police as former employee of the WDBJ7 network, Vester Lee Flanagan. | |
| WDBJ7 footage shows reporter Alison Parker recoiling as shots ring out during her interview. Screaming is heard as the camera falls to the floor, before the network cuts to the shocked news anchor. | |
| The network subsequently said Ms Parker and cameraman Adam Ward had died from their injuries. | The network subsequently said Ms Parker and cameraman Adam Ward had died from their injuries. |
| She had been interviewing Vicki Gardner, local Chamber of Commerce head, who was shot the back and is currently in hospital. | She had been interviewing Vicki Gardner, local Chamber of Commerce head, who was shot the back and is currently in hospital. |
| Video was also posted on two social media accounts bearing the same name, which appeared to show the gunman carrying out the shootings. | |
| Police say the shooting occurred at the Bridgewater Plaza in Smith Mountain Lake, Moneta, at 6:45am on Wednesday. | Police say the shooting occurred at the Bridgewater Plaza in Smith Mountain Lake, Moneta, at 6:45am on Wednesday. |