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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 her fiance who tweeted this earlier. he said, we didn t share this publicly but alison parker and i were very much in love. we just moved in together. i am numb. just such a sad story. early this morning i talked with the general manager of the station, jeff marks. here s a bit of that interview. they were very much enamored with each other. ....
We re following the breaking news out of a tv station near roanoke, virginia, where live on the air, a reporter and her photographer were shot to death. a woman she were interviewing from the chamber of commerce was also shot. she is currently in surgery. now, the best thing here, police have a picture of the alleged gunman. this was taken by the photographer as he fell down after having been shot allegedly by this man. i want to bring in former atf executive matthew horace to talk about the investigation and what exactly authorities are doing now. what are the first steps, matthew? the first steps obviously are to identify the suspect. it sounds like that may have, in fact, happened. the next step will be to find that suspect, locate that suspect and safely bring that person or persons into custody. so the fbi has been called in, the atf has been called in. what exactly does the atf do in cases like this? ....
And photographer and hitting the president of the chamber of commerce in the back. she is currently in surgery. we re hoping that she s okay. i talked with the television station s general manager from wdbj this morning. his name is jeff marks. here s what he had to say about the shooting. you send people into war zones and into dangerous situations, into riots and you worry that they re 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. he did tell me some details of the shooting because as you might expect, his employees back at the station are going through this video because i said it happened live on the air. they re looking at the tape ....
Involved. well, this is our community. we want to come together. we want to share information that can help us grow and develop, to provide a better experience. we re seeing tourism. [ gunfire ] [ screaming ] it s just horrifying and shocking. these were young people. alison parker was 24 years old. she had just graduated from college in 2012. adam ward was 27 years old. he was thinking of leaving the media to go with his fiance to start a new life. it s unbelievably sad. the shooter is still out there somewhere. i do want your reaction to this video, joe. yes. i mean, what s going to happen here is they re going to lock down this entire area. nobody s going anywhere. they re going to be stopping cars, setting up roadblocks. ....