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The gunman in the shooting deaths of two television journalists in Virginia on Aug. 26 was a veteran anchorman with a history of workplace grievances who had previously sued a Florida station alleging discrimination because he was black. 

A television reporter and a cameraman were shot and killed live on air diring an interview in Virginia, US on Wednesday.

The station, WDBJ7, a CBS affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia, identified the reporter as Alison Parker, 24, and the cameraman as Adam Ward, 27, Reuters reported.

Two television journalists were shot and killed in Virginia on Aug. 26 morning while conducting a live television interview, the station said. 

The incident occurred at about 6:45 a.m. EDT (1045 GMT)  during a live broadcast in Bedford County, when shots could be heard, sending the reporter and the person she was interviewing  screaming and ducking for cover. 

Two people working on a live TV broadcast were killed on Wednesday morning at the Bridgewater Plaza near Smith Mountain Lake in Franklin County, Virginia, according to the TV channel WDBJ TV’s website.

WDBJ7’s photographer Adam Ward and reporter Alison Parker were killed in the incident, their station reported. Ward was 27 years old. Parker just turned 24.

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