Two television journalists were shot and killed in Virginia on Wednesday morning while conducting a live television interview, the station said.
The shooting, apparently by a disgruntled current or former employee of the television station, took place at about 6:45am local time during a live broadcast. The incident took place in Bedford County, in the south-central part of the state and about 190 km from the capital of Richmond.
The station, WDBJ7 in Roanoke, Virginia, said the reporter Alison Parker, 24, and the cameraman, Adam Ward, 27, died in the incident.
Shots were heard and the reporter and the person she was interviewing screamed and ducked for cover.
The suspect was being pursued by police in a car chase.