TV station mourns slain journalists

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.

(Steve Helber / AP)

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Aug. 27, 2015 4:30 AM PT

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.

(Steve Helber / AP)

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.

(Steve Helber / AP)

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.

(Allen G. Breed / AP)

Television news vehicles pack a parking lot before a news conference about the shooting deaths of two WDBJ-TV journalists, Alison Parker and Adam Ward, in Westlake, Va., on Aug. 26, 2015.

(Griffin Moores / AP)

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TV station mourns slain journalists

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