Citation

O'toole ME. Violence Gend. 2015; 2(4): 189-191.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Mary Ann Liebert Publishers)

DOI

10.1089/vio.2015.29004.meo

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Editorial concerning the on-camera murder of news reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward, employees of CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, who were shot to death while conducting a live television interview near Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta. The news team was interviewing Vicki Gardner, executive director of the local chamber of commerce, when all three were attacked by a gunman. Parker, age 24, and Ward, age 27, died at the scene while Gardner survived with severe injuries. The shooter was a man who had worked at the television station who had recently been fired for disruptive behavior. The shooter later took his own life.

Language: en