A reporter and photographer for a Roanoke, Virginia, television station were shot and killed Wednesday while doing a live report on a morning news show.
Part of the attack was seen live on WDBJ-TV just before 9 a.m., according to station manager Jeff Marks.
Reporter Alison Parker was interviewing a local chamber of commerce official when the shooting happened at Smith Mountain Lake. She and photographer Adam Ward were killed and a third person was wounded, according to a sheriff's spokesman.
The shooter escaped and a search is underway.
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