This is every news reporters nightmare.

The video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DQDf0RF2ek

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The story via WDBJ-TV:

Two WDBJ7 employees were killed in an attack Wednesday morning at Bridgewater Plaza on Smith Mountain Lake. This happened during a live broadcast around 6:45 a.m. Police are looking for a suspect who apparently opened fire on WDBJ7 photographer Adam Ward and WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker. Vicki Gardner of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce was also injured in the shooting. She is in surgery. Adam was 27-years-old. Alison just turned 24. Both were from the WDBJ7 viewing area. Adam graduated from Salem High School and Virginia Tech. Alison grew up in Martinsville and attended Patrick Henry Community College and James Madison University. ================= Law enforcement is on scene following an incident at Bridgewater Plaza. The incident happened during a WDBJ7 live report. Deputies from Franklin County and Bedford County are on scene. Bridgewater Plaza is on Smith Mountain Lake.

It is being reported over on Fox News channel, that Virginia’s Governor is telling the media that the shooter is a disgruntled ex-employee of the TV station and is being chased by police at this time.

Update #1: AP is reporting the suspects name:

MONETA, Va. (AP) — The latest on the fatal on-air shooting of two TV station employees in central Virginia (all times local): 11:05 a.m. An official has identified the suspect in the fatal on-air shooting of a reporter and cameraman from a TV station in central Virginia. Becky Coyner with dispatch and records at the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office says the suspect is 41-year-old Vester Lee Flanagan II, of Roanoke. Gov. Terry McAuliffe has said the suspect’s arrest is imminent. He says police are in pursuit on the interstate, and he says the suspect is believed to be a disgruntled employee of the station, WDBJ-TV.

Update #2: It is being reported on twitter:

https://twitter.com/BSchuermanWBOY/status/636563682361769985

The picture of the suspect:

Hmmmm, I wonder what the #blacklivesmatter people have to say now? 🙄

Update #3: Guess not:

WDBJ now reporting the suspect is NOT dead. http://t.co/bzVCnfn7M5 pic.twitter.com/Y0YAScDimr — John Ocasio-Nolte (@NolteNC) August 26, 2015

Update #5: Suspect is now dead according to Wapo.

Update #4: Obviously this is a huge story, here’s the blog roundup via memeorandum and MadiaGazer: Talking Points Memo, WDAM-TV, WSET-TV, USA Today, Liberaland, Daily News Leader, Fox 59, CBS San Francisco, CBS New York, Refinery29, The Gateway Pundit, nepr.net, WREG-TV, KXAN-TV, FOX2now.com and Baltimore Sun, WSLS-TV, New York Times, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, FOX2now.com and WISH-TV, Washington Post, WTVR-TV, Talking Points Memo, EW.com, Fox News, The Daily Beast, ThinkProgress, ABC News, CBS DC, NBC News, BizPac Review, Fox News Insider, myfox8.com, Hit & Run, Hot Air, WISH-TV, Raw Story, New York’s PIX11 and Balloon Juice, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog and Towleroad, Balloon Juice and Mashable, WDBJ-TV, WSLS-TV, The Roanoke Times, ABC News, The Daily Beast, @wdbj7,CBS News, Mediaite, Mashable, RT, WWBT-TV, Mediaite, @brianstelter, The Daily Beast,DCist, New York Times, Business Insider, Columbia Journalism Review, NBC News, CBS New York, Gawker, WTKR-TV, Poynter, New York Daily News, @moneyries, The Huffington Post,Hollywood Life, Salon, WRIC-TV, Poynter, Vanity Fair, Agence France-Presse, Fox News Insider, Quartz, The Daily Beast, Mirror.co.uk, New York Magazine, Mirror.co.uk, London Evening Standard, Chicago Tribune, National Post, The Independent, Reuters, CBC News,TIME, Business Insider, Metro.co.uk, WDBJ-TV, FOX2now.com, @elenacresci, FOX News Radio, @brianstelter, Washington Post, WCBD News 2, @reuters, U.S. : NPR, DW.COM, Al Jazeera America, Global News, The Hill, Mic, Newsweek, Reuters, The Daily Caller, VICE News, @petergreste, @journodave, Syracuse Post-Standard, @nickkristof, Washington Post,The Week, BBC, @tara_mulholland, WAFB-TV, WRIC-TV, WXII-TV, WSET-TV, Daily Mail, Fort Smith/Fayetteville News, Boing Boing, WGN-TV, WCBD News 2 and Fox17, WHSV-TV, Mediaite, Washington Times, The Independent, VICE News,Guardian, @jonathanshainin, @tamerelg, @malachybrowne and @mikeisaac,

Stay tuned for updates.