WASHINGTON-- Both in person and on social media, people across the nation are celebrating the lives of Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, 27. The two TV station employees were killed on live TV on Wednesday. The gunman, a former coworker, fled the scene before killing himself as well.
This undated photograph made available by WDBJ-TV shows reporter Alison Parker, left, and cameraman Adam Ward. Parker and Ward were fatally shot during an on-air interview, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, in Moneta, Va. Authorities identified the suspect as fellow journalist Vester Lee Flanagan II, who appeared on WDBJ-TV as Bryce Williams. Flanagan was fired from the station in 2013.
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Courtesy of WDBJ-TV via AP
Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams, left, and other members of the Nationals observe a moment of silence before a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at Nationals Park in Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, for those killed and injured in the on-air shooting in Moneta, Va.
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ROANOKE, VA – AUGUST 26: Madalyn Hartberger (L) and Rachel Ostrom bring flowers for the two journalists that were killed this morning during a live broadcast on August 26, 2015 in Roanoke, Virginia.
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ROANOKE, VA – AUGUST 26: Madalyn Hartberger (L) and Rachel Ostrom bring flowers for the two journalists that were killed this morning during a live broadcast on August 26, 2015 in Roanoke, Virginia.
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ROANOKE, VA – AUGUST 26: Lisa Bazzarre and her daughter Lauren Lasser, 12, bring flowers for the two journalists that were killed this morning during a live broadcast on August 26, 2015 in Roanoke, Virginia.
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ROANOKE, VA – AUGUST 26: Lisa Bazzarre (L) and her daughter Lauren Lasser, 12, look on at a memorial for the two journalists that were killed this morning during a live broadcast on August 26, 2015 in Roanoke, Virginia.
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ROANOKE, VA – AUGUST 26: Flowers are left for the two journalists rnalist that were killed this morning during a live broadcast on August 26, 2015 in Roanoke, Virginia.
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ROANOKE, VA – AUGUST 26: Jason and Patricia Grice and their sons Matthew Fajardo, 11, and William , 3, (background) bring flowers and candles to a memorial for the two journalists that were killed this morning during a live broadcast on August 26, 2015 in Roanoke, Virginia.
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