Virginia TV Reporter Snd Photograher Fatally Shot on Live Broadcast

Now 2016 Democratic front-runner quickly calling for action on gun violence.

Any responsible gun owner should be in favor of common sense steps that would make it more hard for criminals and the mentally ill to obtain firearms.

“Heartbroken and angry”, Clinton tweeted on Wednesday afternoon.

News reporter Alison Parker was shot and killed while interviewing a woman for WDBJ-TV, a CBS affiliate in Roanoke, VA. She was only 24 years old. The brutal murder of two white television journalists – on live television – by a black suspect, a former disgruntled TV journalist accused by the local station manager of fabricating allegations of racism (including allegations against both of his victims).

An image captured by the camera, circulating on social media, shows the shooter’s face.

But the Democrat presidential candidate is now on the end of a backlash from pro-gun activists in the US.

CNN now says police are pursuing the suspect down I-64, which runs east to west across Virginia. “Too much violence, too many deaths from guns in our country, and we need to do better as a nation”. McAuliffe reportedly says his arrest is “imminent”.

However, the Pew survey found broad support for expanded background checks, even among those who said it was more important to protect gun rights than to control gun ownership. And Congress could take those steps in a way that will not infringe on the Constitutional rights of law-abiding Americans. “The president continues to believe that they should do so”.

Another Virginia legislator, state senator Creigh Deeds, whose mentally ill son attacked him and then shot himself in 2013, has also been an outspoken proponent of gun control laws in the state-though he has said his stance has nothing to do with his son.

She specifically mentioned universal background checks for gun buyers.

“Governor, do we know that he is not a permit holder?” a reporter asked. Facebook has already removed that posting. The videos were removed shortly afterward.

McAuliffe said authorities know who the suspect is.

According to the station website, Parker was a morning reporter.