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Adam Ward profile: WBDJ TV cameraman who was shot dead on air | Adam Ward profile: WBDJ TV cameraman who was shot dead on air |
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Cameraman Adam Ward, 27, was shot dead along with reporter Alison Parker, 24, during a live TV interview. | Cameraman Adam Ward, 27, was shot dead along with reporter Alison Parker, 24, during a live TV interview. |
Adam Ward graduated from Salem High School and Virginia Tech University in 2011. He began working for the station shortly after graduation in 2011. | Adam Ward graduated from Salem High School and Virginia Tech University in 2011. He began working for the station shortly after graduation in 2011. |
Melissa Ott, his fiancée, was in the control room, watching the horrific scene. Today was her last day at the station and Mr Ward planned on leaving the station for a new job in Charlotte. An image from Adam Ward's Facebook of his proposal to Melissa Ott in December last year | |
Ms Parker was also dating a fellow reporter, Chris Hurst, who tweeted that the pair had secretly been in a relationship for nine months and that they had planned to get married. | |
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 | |
He said: "She was the most radiant woman I've ever known" | |
Their Kimberly McBroom, the station's morning anchor, tweeted her disbelief at the loss of her colleague. | |
"Heartbroken over the loss of two members of our WDBJ7 family... There are simply no words." | "Heartbroken over the loss of two members of our WDBJ7 family... There are simply no words." |