On August 26 , 2015 , news reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward , employees of CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke , Virginia , United States , were shot to death while conducting a live television interview near Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta .
On August 26 , 2015 , 24-year-old news reporter Alison Parker and 27-year-old photojournalist Adam Ward , both of Roanoke , Virginia , CBS affiliate WDBJ , were conducting a live television interview near Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta , Virginia , when they were murdered by a gunman .