24-year-old Alison Parker and 26-year-old cameraman Adam Ward, both working for WDBJ7 US TV station affiliated to the CBS, were killed by a gunman as they were conducting a live interview in a shopping center in Moneta in the US Sate of Virginia.
According to reports, the shooter opened fire on the crew during a live reporting live from the Bridgewater Plaza, a lakeside shopping and recreational sports centre near Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta, Bedford County (Virginia). Eight shots were reportedly fire and footage from the camera as it spun and dropped after Ward got shot recorded screams and chaos as well as the image of the killer.