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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. i cannot tell you how much they were loved. alison and adam, by the wdbj 7 team. killer has been...

2013, the shooter told his bosses i'm not leaving, you're 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 station's general manager. >> it was i guess a little bothersome he was still in town and would be seen...

And the blessings of many friends, all of you, we will heal from this. >> as a shattered community pays tribute, alison parker's father talked to fox news about the enormous loss. >> she loved this guy with all her heart. and that's the toughest thing for me, that she -- everybody that she touched loved her. and she loved everybody back. >> just a couple moments, i'm going to play for you "morning joe's" interview with alison's boyfriend chris hurst and station manager jeff marks. now, we're going to go live to stephanie gosk with the latest. good morning. >> good morning, jose. well, you ment...

>> 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 -- that's 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 i've worked with. just seemed like such a nice guy. do you know how melissa is doing? i know she was lea...

Working together and let him go. jonathan, you're still with me. have you heard anything about whether or not he was on the station's radar? he didn't get another job. he didn't 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 manager's given a very thorough explainer leading up to the dismissal of the flanagan and a lot of the problems t...