Two US journalists shot dead on live TV

Moneta - Jeffrey A. Marks, general manager of WDBJ-TV, identified the two killed as Alison Parker and Adam Ward.

A TV reporter and cameraman were shot to death on live television Wednesday by a man described as a disgruntled station employee. The man recorded himself carrying out the killings and posted the video on social media as he fled the scene.
A man believed to be the suspect later crashed a vehicle, and pursuing troopers found him suffering from a gunshot wound. He was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, state police said.
The man died Wednesday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a local official said.
Vester Flanagan, also known as Bryce Williams, died at a hospital in northern Virginia outside Washington, after the shooting in the state's southern city of Roanoke, Franklin County Sheriff Bill Overton told reporters.
Reporter Alison Parker had been interviewing an economic development official about local tourism as the shots rang out. She screamed, ran and could be heard saying "Oh my God," as she fell. Adam Ward's camera captured a fleeting image, including the face, of a man holding a handgun.
WDBJ quickly switched back to a shot of the anchor back at the station, her eyes large and jaw dropping as she said, "OK, not sure what happened there. We will of course let you know as soon as we find out what those sounds were from."
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The suspect is Vester Lee Flanagan II, 41, of Roanoke, said Becky Coyner with dispatch and records at the Augusta County Sheriff's Office. The station said Flanagan appeared on air as Bryce Williams.
Video of the shooting was later posted on the Twitter account and Facebook page of Bryce Williams, who was on the staff at WDBJ. It showed an outstretched arm holding the handgun and firing repeatedly at Parker as she tried to run away.
In a tweet, the station says "We love you, Alison and Adam."
The station's website says Ward was 27 and a graduate of Virginia Tech. Parker just turned 24 and attended James Madison University.
It was not clear who the shooter was.
The station is based in Roanoke, Virginia, and serves the southwest and central part of the state. The shopping mall where the incident happened is just off Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta, southeast of Roanoke.