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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 w...

Memorial gathering at -- early this afternoon. >> i'm so sorry for your loss and i'm so sorry for you having to go through this and i'm very appreciative that you took the time to speak with us, jeff. >> ashleigh, we're 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 happened some time ago. well, there were tweets sent out by the person tweeting under the name bryc...

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 don't recall getting a report of any run ins or difficult situations in the -- i'm talking to kelly zuber, our director of news. . jeff, we want to talk a little bit more. >> it's right at news so let's 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. there's his picture. you will recognize him no doubt. he has shot and killed himself. he was the su...

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,...

>> 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. >> general manager jeff marks. he also told me he's had his people at the station looking at that video, studying that video. he says that the photographer was shot first. and as he went down and the gunshots continued, alison parker, the reporter, started to run away. ...