Local police confirmed Wednesday the suspect in killings of two Virginia journalists during a TV live interview earlier in the day shot himself.


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Two Virginia TV journalists killed during live interview

A TV reporter and a photographer were shot dead in the US state of Virginia on Wednesday while conducting a live interview, their TV station WDBJ7 said.

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe told a local radio station that the suspect appeared to be a disgruntled employee of the same TV station.

The shooting happened during a live broadcast around 6:45 a.m. local time (1045 GMT) at a shopping mall in Moneta, Virginia. Part of the shooting was broadcast since it was a live show.

WDBJ7 said the two slain journalists were 27-year-old photographer Adam Ward and 24-year-old TV reporter Alison Parker