27 August, 2015:
Two reporters Alison Parker, 24, and Adam ward, 27, were shot dead while they were carrying out a live television interview in Montreal, Virginia.
The shooter was a former colleague Vester Lee Flanagan.
Vester Lee Flanagan
Vicki Gardner, who was being interviewed by Alison Parker was also shot during the on air interview. She was shot in the chest and taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital for emergency surgery. The hospital has said that now she is ‘stable and recovering’.
Tributes were left near the scene of the shooting among which were Virginia Tech sweatshirts representing the college the victims both attended.
Watch the video of the shooting during the interview below:
