A routine morning interview segment turned tragic for a local Virginia news station when a reporter and cameraman were killed during a live broadcast by a gunman early this morning.

Reporter Allison Parker, 24 and cameraman Adam Ward of CNN affiliate WDBJ were interviewing a woman at Bridgewater Plaza, a shopping center in Roanoke, Va. when a gunman walked into the shot and opened fire, reportedly firing six or seven shots. It was later confirmed that Parker and Ward were both killed.

According to the Station's general manager, the interview subject is not believed to have been injured, and police are allegedly trying to find the gunman, who is still at large.

The live video of the broadcast captures Parker's screams as gunshots ring out, before the camera drops to the ground.

The station immediately took to its Twitter account to let viewers know they were they were trying to figure out what happened immediately after shots rang out. They later updated the page with the confirmation of Parker and Ward's deaths.

It was later reported that Ward was engaged to a morning producer on the show, whose last day at the station was today.

Here's the broadcast video of the shooting, WARNING THIS IS DISTRUBING AND NSFW/NSFL:         

UPDATE 9:41 AM:
CNN is reporting that the interview subject, Vicki Gardner, was shot and is currently in emergency surgery.   

UPDATE 9:45 AM:
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe tweeted about the shooting.

UPDATE 9:50 AM: Parker was also engaged to an anchor at the station, Chris Hurst, who has since tweeted about his fiancé and the situation.

UPDATE 9:55 AM: CNN is reporting that police have the gunman's name and license plate and think they know who he is.

UPDATE 10:00 AM: A photo of the gunman has been released. It is a still frame that Ward caught on camera before his death.

UPDATE 10:05 AM : The suspect is reportedly being chased by police North on I-81.

UPDATE 10:25 AM: Governor McAuliffe has confirmed that the gunman was a disgruntled employee and that the shooting was not an act of terrorism.   

UPDATE 10:34 AM: Local news is reporting the suspect is now on I-64.

UPDATE 10:41 AM: Gov. McAuliffe says police are still in pursuit of gunman and hope to have him in custody right away.

UPDATE 11:02 AM: The potential suspect's name has been confirmed as Vester Lee Flanagan.

UPDATE 11:09 AM: Reports are no longer characterizing the hunt as a pursuit, but a search for a person of interest, whose exact whereabouts remains unknown. Police have not called Flanagan a suspect.

UPDATE 11:25 AM: Flanagan reportedly posted video of the shooting on his Twitter account using the handle of Bryce_Williams 7. The account has since been suspended.

UPDATE 11:47 AM: Flanagan posted two videos of the attack on his social media accounts before they were suspended. The first, which is below, shows him as he walks up to the scene and cuts out before he opened fire.



The second video shows as he opens fire and is EXTREMELY GRAPHIC and NSFW/NSFL. Exercise extreme caution before watching.

UPDATE 11:54 AM: Police reportedly have confirmed that Flanagan has now committed suicide.

UPDATE 12:09 PM: After confirming Flanagan was once an employee for the station, WDBJ confirmed he did shoot himself but is still alive and in very critical condition.

UPDATE 12:18 PM: WBDJ is live-streaming their emotional and personal broadcast about the situation.

UPDATE 2:30 PM: Flanagan reportedly died at a Virginia hospital at 1:30 p.m. from his self-inflicted gunshot wounds. 

UPDATE 3:00 PM: ABC News has published excerpts from Flanagan's faxed manifesto, in which he calls the Charleston church mass murder back in June as a sending him "over the top," shows empathy for Virginia Tech mass shooter Seung Hui Cho (whom he calls "his boy"), and claims to have been discriminated again because he was black and gay.