Virginia TV Station Marks 1 Year Since Fatal On-Air Shooting

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ROANOKE, Va. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Virginia television station is marking a year since two journalists were fatally shot during a live broadcast watched by thousands of viewers.

The television station, WDBJ-TV in Roanoke, held a moment of silence during Friday's "Mornin" newscast around 6:45 a.m.

Friday marks one year since 24-year-old reporter Alison Parker and 27-year-old cameraman Adam Ward were killed.

Parker was interviewing an economic development official about local tourism when the shots were fired. Video captured as Ward's camera fell included the face of a man holding a gun. That person was a former co-worker who later turned the weapon on himself.

Parker has family in Dallas, Fort Worth and the Sherman-Denison area.

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