A morning television news team in Roanoke, Virginia, was shot and killed Wednesday while reporting from the Bridgewater Plaza in Smith Mountain Lake. The shooter named Vester Flanagan, later turned the gun on himself while on a highway in the area. Alison Parker, 24 years old and a morning reporter for WDBJ7, and Adam Ward, 27, a member of the crew, were killed. The gunmen was said to be disturbed.
