TV news reporter and cameraman shot and killed during live broadcast in Virginia

A TV news reporter and cameraman were killed Wednesday morning in a shooting captured in a live broadcast, and the gunman remains at large, police said.

The scene of sudden shock and horror at a pedestrian plaza in Moneta, Va. was captured during a routine news story on WDBJ, a station in Roanoke.

In the video, reporter Alison Parker is interviewing a woman at Bridgewater Plaza about tourism in the area. As they talk, about seven shots ring out, as Parker and the woman scream and take cover.

The video then cuts to a stunned reporter in the WDBJ newsroom, who tries to quickly carry on with a broadcast.

WDBJ reporters later confirmed on air that Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were killed in the shooting.

"We heard screaming, and then we heard nothing," station manager Jeff Marks said while announcing the deaths.

"Our teams on working on (the story) right now, through the tears," he said.

The woman being interviewed was Vicky Gardner, head of the Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce, The Roanoke Times reported. She was shot in the back and is in surgery, police said.

The condition of the woman being interviewed has not been released. Police are still searching for the gunman.

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately return Daily News calls.

A man standing near the two women, dressed in dark clothing and holding what appears to be a gun, is briefly seen in news clip, standing by the women. He calmly steps away from the scene before the video cuts away.

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