An enraged former employee for WDBJ (Bryce Williams) carried out a preplanned shooting targeting 3 reporters, conducting a live T.V. interview near Smith Mountain Lake. Alison Parker was fatally shot, and the cameraman Adam Ward was also killed. Vicki Gardner was also shot, but survived. He fled the scene in his car then took off on foot while a massive manhunt was underway. Before police could approach Williams, he committed suicide by shooting himself. He stated that the motive was the Charleston church shooting and possible discrimination at his workplace.
