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Alison Parker and Adam Ward shooting: Virginia reporters remembered by touching photo rather than disturbing video footage | |
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People on social media are choosing to share a photo of the two journalists shot during a live broadcast, rather than disturbing footage of the attack. | |
Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, 27, were killed after a gunman opened fire at the Bridgewater Plaza near Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia. Police are hunting the suspect. | Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, 27, were killed after a gunman opened fire at the Bridgewater Plaza near Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia. Police are hunting the suspect. |
Photos on social media show Parker and Ward had often worked together, clearly at a job they both loved. | |
Alison Parker, who had recently celebrated her 24th birthday, began her career as an intern at WDBJ7. Her Facebook page says she then went on to work as a morning reporter covering Roanoke, Virginia, near her hometown of Martinsville. | Alison Parker, who had recently celebrated her 24th birthday, began her career as an intern at WDBJ7. Her Facebook page says she then went on to work as a morning reporter covering Roanoke, Virginia, near her hometown of Martinsville. |
Parker’s partner Chris Hurst, a TV anchor for WDBJ7, shared a photo of them together on Twitter after news of her death emerged. | Parker’s partner Chris Hurst, a TV anchor for WDBJ7, shared a photo of them together on Twitter after news of her death emerged. |
"We just moved in together. I am numb," he wrote. "We were together almost nine months. It was the best nine months of our lives. We wanted to get married. We just celebrated her 24th birthday." | "We just moved in together. I am numb," he wrote. "We were together almost nine months. It was the best nine months of our lives. We wanted to get married. We just celebrated her 24th birthday." |
We didn't share this publicly, but @AParkerWDBJ7 and I were very much in love. We just moved in together. I am numb. pic.twitter.com/tUrHVwAXcN | We didn't share this publicly, but @AParkerWDBJ7 and I were very much in love. We just moved in together. I am numb. pic.twitter.com/tUrHVwAXcN |
Adam Ward was a photojournalist for WDBJ7, who graduated from Virginia Tech in 2011. | Adam Ward was a photojournalist for WDBJ7, who graduated from Virginia Tech in 2011. |
He was engaged to Melissa Ott. According to his Facebook page, the pair were due to marry in the summer of 2016. | He was engaged to Melissa Ott. According to his Facebook page, the pair were due to marry in the summer of 2016. |