TV reporter, cameraman killed

WDBJ meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner, right, gets emotional during the early morning newscast as anchors deliver the news Aug. 27, 2015, the day after a reporter and cameraman were killed during a live broadcast.

WDBJ anchor Chris Hurst, right, hugs meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner during the early morning newscast at WDBJ-TV7 in Roanake, Va., on Aug. 27, 2015. Hurst was the fiance of Alison Parker, who was killed during a live broadcast Wednesday.

Members of the WDBJ news staff prepare for the early morning newscast at the station Aug. 27, 2015, the day after a reporter and cameraman were killed during a live broadcast in Virginia.

Balloons at the desk of WDBJ’s Melissa Ott, a morning producer who was engaged to cameraman Adam Ward. Ott was in the control room Aug. 26, 2015, marking her last day on the job when shots were fired, by a disgruntled former employee according to police, killing her fiance.

WDBJ weatherman Leo Hirshbrunner, left, was among visitors to the makeshift memorial at the gates of WDBJ’s studios Aug. 27, 2015, in Roanoke, Va., the day after reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were shot and killed while conducting a live on-air interview for WDBJ.

A makeshift memorial at WDBJ’s television studios on Aug. 27, 2015, in Roanoke, Va., the day after reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were shot and killed while conducting a live on-air interview for WDBJ.

An image from video shows Virginia State Police and emergency vehicles in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 66 in Fauquier County, Va., on Aug. 26, 2015, during the effort to capture Vester Lee Flanagan II, the suspect in the slayings of WDBJ reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27.

A sheriff’s deputy blocks a ramp from Interstate 66 near Markham, Va., on Aug. 26, 2015, where police confronted suspected killer Vester Lee Flanagan II, also known as Bryce Williams. Flanagan, suspected of killing WDBJ reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, was taken into custody after shooting himself. He later died of his injuries.

Reporters and photographers at a news conference held by Franklin County Sheriff Bill Overton on Aug. 26, 2015, in Moneta, Va., in which authorities talked about the fatal shooting of two WDBJ-TV employees during a live broadcast at Bridgewater Plaza.

Police stand watch at the crime scene at Bridgewater Plaza on Aug. 26, 2015, in Moneta, Va. Reporter Alison Parker and camerman Adam Ward of WDBJ-TV were killed earlier in the day during a live broadcast.

Police work the crime scene at Bridgewater Plaza on Smith Mountain Lake on Aug. 26, 2015, in Moneta, Va. Two employees of WDBJ, reporter Alison Parker and camerman Adam Ward, were killed during a live broadcast. The suspect, Vester Lee Flanigan II, also known as Bryce Williams, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.