Two journalists killed on live TV by former colleague in Virginia shooting

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Two journalists were killed live on air in Virginia in 2015 when a former colleague opened fire during a broadcast. The gunman, Vester Lee Flanagan II, also shot himself and later died. Reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were fatally shot during a morning interview at Bridgewater Plaza. Flanagan, fired in 2013, sent a fax claiming the attack was revenge for a church massacre in Charleston. The sole survivor, interviewee Vicki Gardner, was hospitalized and underwent multiple surgeries. Parker's fiancé, anchor Chris Hurst, publicly shared their relationship, while the station described Flanagan as "an unhappy man" difficult to work with.


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