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Adam Laing Ward, a 27-year-old photojournalist, tragically lost his life on August 26, 2015, in Moneta, Virginia. Adam was conducting a live television interview with news reporter Alison Parker near Smith Mountain Lake when they were both fatally shot by a gunman. The incident occurred during a broadcast for CBS affiliate WDBJ, where both Ward and Parker were employed.

The perpetrator of this heinous act was Vester Lee Flanagan II, a former reporter at WDBJ who had been dismissed from th ...Read More
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Victim Details

Adam Laing Ward

Male

White / Caucasian

Moneta

VA

2015-08-26

27

Adam

Ward

12/03/2025