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Shooting and memorialize their friends. >> we are following breaking news. news that has affected our wdbj family. our wdbj morning crew was live at smith mountain lake when shots were fired at 6:45. our general manager and wdbj 7 vice president jeff marks is here to tell us more about what happened. >> it is my very, very sad duty to report that we have determined, through the help of the police and our employees, that alison and adam died this morning shortly after 6:45 when the shots rang out...

2013, the shooter told his bosses im not leaving, youre going to have to call the efing police. colleagues say he threw a tantrum. police did indeed escort him out of the newsroom. internal mem rows obtained by cnn show his brief one year employment was racked with aggressive behavior, poor journalistic performance. at one point the station referred him to mandatory counselling. after his firing form eer colleagues tell cnn they were concerned for days he would come back. jeff marks is the stati...

And the blessings of many friends, all of you, we will heal from this. >> as a shattered community pays tribute, alison parkers father talked to fox news about the enormous loss. >> she loved this guy with all her heart. and thats the toughest thing for me, that she -- everybody that she touched loved her. and she loved everybody back. >> just a couple moments, im going to play for you "morning joes" interview with alisons boyfriend chris hurst and station manager jeff marks. now, were going to ...

>> you said it was the gold dress. do you remember what you did to finally get her attention? was there a moment? what was it that you did? >> i -- i -- thats between us. and there have been many things that i have shared, but the early moments of our -- of our relationship were white hot and were wonderful. and that flame remained burning yesterday and remains burning in my heart even now. >> so jeff marks, adam ward just from looking at the video seems like any of the great photographers ive w...

Working together and let him go. jonathan, youre still with me. have you heard anything about whether or not he was on the stations radar? he didnt get another job. he didnt move out of the market. so this is somebody who could have built up a lot of resentment as he watched former colleagues and their success on local tv, especially after the fact that he tried to unsuccessfully file eeoc complaints against two individuals. >> we want to hear more from the station, the general managers given a ...

Gunman here. this shot taken by the photographer as he fell to the ground. his camera capturing this image. the camera still rolling as adam ward essentially died. adam ward was just 27 years old. he was engaged to be married. he was going to leave the station, he and his future wife were going to start a new life in a bigger place. 24-year-old alison parker was also engaged to one of the anchors at that station, wdbj. she was also looking forward to a new life, a happy life. there she is with h...

Memorial gathering at -- early this afternoon. >> im so sorry for your loss and im so sorry for you having to go through this and im very appreciative that you took the time to speak with us, jeff. >> ashleigh, were fall this together as journalist and i appreciate your interests and condolences which i will pass on to the team here. >> best to you and your staff. >> take care. jeff mark, president and general manager of wdbj. you heard him referring to the confrontations that may have had hap...

Job somewhere else. but he remained in town because every now and then someone would run into him at the grocery store or someplace like that. but, kelly, i dont recall getting a report of any run ins or difficult situations in the -- im talking to kelly zuber, our director of news. . jeff, we want to talk a little bit more. >> its right at news so lets summarize for people turning in at noon for wdbj. >> vesterly flanagan, bryce williams was here as a reporter of wdbj 7 until he was let go. the...

And photographer and hitting the president of the chamber of commerce in the back. she is currently in surgery. were hoping that shes okay. i talked with the television stations general manager from wdbj this morning. his name is jeff marks. heres what he had to say about the shooting. >> you send people into war zones and into dangerous situations, into riots and you worry that theyre going to get hurt. you send somebody out to do a story on tourism, and this -- how can you ever expect somethin...

>> you send people into war zones and into dangerous situations, into riots and you worry that theyre going to get hurt. you send somebody out to do a story on tourism, and this -- how can you ever expect something like this to happen? you use all the words, we are devastated, senseless, all the catchwords, but they all apply. >> general manager jeff marks. he also told me hes had his people at the station looking at that video, studying that video. he says that the photographer was shot first. ...