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| Alison Parker: WDBJ TV reporter who was fatally shot on air was going to secretly marry coworker | |
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| Alison Parker, 24, was killed on-air alongside cameraman Adam Ward, 27, during a live TV interview in Moneta, Virginia. | Alison Parker, 24, was killed on-air alongside cameraman Adam Ward, 27, during a live TV interview in Moneta, Virginia. |
| Ms Parker was secretly dating WDBJ7 reporter Chris Hurst. The couple were together for nine months and he tweeted following her death "it was the best nine months of our lives. We wanted to get married. We just celebrated her 24th birthday." | Ms Parker was secretly dating WDBJ7 reporter Chris Hurst. The couple were together for nine months and he tweeted following her death "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 |
| "She was the most radiant woman I ever met. And for some reason she loved me back. She loved her family, her parents and her brother", he said. | "She was the most radiant woman I ever met. And for some reason she loved me back. She loved her family, her parents and her brother", he said. |
| Mr Ward was engaged to a producer at the station. His fiancée, Melissa Ott, was on her final day working in the control room when she witnessed the horrific attack unfold. | Mr Ward was engaged to a producer at the station. His fiancée, Melissa Ott, was on her final day working in the control room when she witnessed the horrific attack unfold. |
| According to Ms Parker's Facebook page, she lived most of her life outside of Martinsville, Virginia. She attended Patrick Henry Community College and graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia in December 2012. | According to Ms Parker's Facebook page, she lived most of her life outside of Martinsville, Virginia. She attended Patrick Henry Community College and graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia in December 2012. |
| (Chris Hurst/Facebook) | (Chris Hurst/Facebook) |
| During school she worked as the news editor for her school newspaper The Breeze. She interned at both WDBJ7 and WHSV, an ABC/Fox affiliate. She also worked at WCTI News Channel 12 in Jacksonville, North Carolina bureau, near Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. | During school she worked as the news editor for her school newspaper The Breeze. She interned at both WDBJ7 and WHSV, an ABC/Fox affiliate. She also worked at WCTI News Channel 12 in Jacksonville, North Carolina bureau, near Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. |
| Ms Parker liked to kayak, play with her parents' dog Jack and liked to attend community theater events. | Ms Parker liked to kayak, play with her parents' dog Jack and liked to attend community theater events. |
| Oscar style selfie with Joe Dashiell and Photog Adam Ward! | Oscar style selfie with Joe Dashiell and Photog Adam Ward! |
| Robert Denton, Virginia Tech professor and department chair of Communications who worked with Ms Parker, issued a statement after her passing. | Robert Denton, Virginia Tech professor and department chair of Communications who worked with Ms Parker, issued a statement after her passing. |
| "Alison was such a sweet and hardworking young newscaster. I have worked with both of them for nearly three years in the field and studio. Very delightful people and I loved mentoring and being with them. I just find this violence hard to fathom.” | "Alison was such a sweet and hardworking young newscaster. I have worked with both of them for nearly three years in the field and studio. Very delightful people and I loved mentoring and being with them. I just find this violence hard to fathom.” |
| JMU, her alma-matter, issued a statement regarding her passing. | JMU, her alma-matter, issued a statement regarding her passing. |
| Alison Parker, one of two WDBJ journalists killed today, was a 2012 graduate of JMU. Alison earned a bachelor's degree... | Alison Parker, one of two WDBJ journalists killed today, was a 2012 graduate of JMU. Alison earned a bachelor's degree... |
| Ms Parker's father later released the following statement saying not hearing her voice "crushes his soul." | Ms Parker's father later released the following statement saying not hearing her voice "crushes his soul." |
| Statement from @AParkerWDBJ7's father: "Not hearing her voice again crushes my soul" pic.twitter.com/FSJrPE85th | Statement from @AParkerWDBJ7's father: "Not hearing her voice again crushes my soul" pic.twitter.com/FSJrPE85th |
| Adam Ward profile: WBDJ TV cameraman who was fatally shot on air was engaged to his coworker | Adam Ward profile: WBDJ TV cameraman who was fatally shot on air was engaged to his coworker |