A reporter and a cameraman have been shot dead live on air during a TV outside broadcast in the United States.
24-year-old Alison Parker and 27-year-old Adam Ward were attacked as they filmed a morning interview at a shopping complex in Bedford County in the state of Virginia.
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The gunman was identified locally as Vester Lee Flanagan.
He was been found with gunshot wounds after a police manhunt and has been taken to hospital.
Sources say he was also known as Bryce Williams, a former employee of the television station where the victims also worked.
Speculation over the motive
The television station, WDBJ7, says it has no information about a possible motive for the killings.
However, there is speculation in the media that Flanagan may have held a personal grudge against Alison Parker and Adam Ward.
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