Schools have been closed until the suspect is detained, according to Ryan Edwards, spokesman for Bedford County Schools. The area is in the south-central part of Virginia, about 190 kilometers (120 miles) from the state capital of Richmond. WDBJ station manager Jeffrey Marks called the incident "a terrible crime against two fine journalists." Police launched a manhunt and in the late morning were reported to have arrested a man who was in critical condition with a gunshot wound. Ward's camera was still running during the shooting and the footage is being used to help identify the killer. Video posted online showed Parker scream as six or seven shots were fired. Gardner was wounded in the shooting and is in emergency care in a local hospital. The state recorded 2,250 homicides from January-August, an increase of more than 25% compared to the same period last year, reported Reuters, citing official data.The reporters were interviewing the head of the executive director of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce, Vicki Gardner about tourism at Bridgewater Plaza, a recreation site with restaurants, shops, boating and arcades and holiday rentals. Ward, 27, a cameraman, both white, were pronounced dead at the scene. Guanajuato state has suffered some of the highest levels of drug violence in recent years as rival criminal organizations battle for control of the area, and in late October 59 bodies were recovered from clandestine graves, according to Reuters. Many of the murders are linked to drug cartel violence.
Last year Mexico recorded more than 35,000 homicides, a record number that exceeded the previous high of 33,341 in 2018.
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In 2018, 93% of all crimes went unsolved, according to government data. 720 views, 2 likes, 0 loves, 4 comments, 8 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Kishan SS: Woah HORRIBLE Two US TV journalists SHOT DEAD on air. Violent crime in Mexico has escalated in recent years, along with impunity. “The cycle of violence and impunity continues to incentivize anyone who wants to attack the press to do so without any fear of being arrested, prosecuted and sentenced.”
“Bar some exceptions, Mexican authorities, both state and federal, have shown themselves to be utterly incapable of properly investigating crimes against the press,” Jan-Albert Hootsen, CPJ’s Mexico representative, told CNN in September. (Photo by VICTORIA RAZO / AFP) (Photo by VICTORIA RAZO/AFP via Getty Images) VICTORIA RAZO/AFP/Getty ImagesĪnother journalist found dead in Mexico, one of the most dangerous countries for reporters A journalist was found decapitated Wednesday in a violence-plagued area of eastern Mexico, police said, the latest in a string of killings in one of the world's most dangerous countries for reporters. Nine journalists have been killed in Mexico so far this year, tweeted Reporters Without Borders.Ī woman mourns next to the coffin of murdered Mexican journalist Julio Valdivia during his wake in Tezonapa, state of Veracruz, Mexico, on September 10, 2020. Last year, CPJ reported that 11 journalists were killed in Mexico, the highest worldwide, outpacing war-ravaged Syria, where seven journalists were murdered in 2019. At least two more reporters were beaten by police, added the organization. Two reporters covering protests in the city of Cancun, Quintana Roo state, late Monday local time were treated for gunshot wounds, tweeted the CPJ. Vázquez is the third journalist killed in Mexico in less than a month, according to the Committee to Protect of Journalists (CPJ), which ranks the country as the deadliest in the world for the profession. Remains of 59 bodies found in clandestine graves in Mexicoĭiego Sinhue Rodríguez Vallejo, governor of Guanajuato, condemned the death of Vázquez on Twitter, as did the municipal government of Salamanca, which tweeted a statement making an “urgent call to action” from the attorney general and the state government. Mexican authorities reported the discovery of the remains of 59 people buried in various clandestine graves in Salvatierra, a town in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato.Remains of 59 people found buried in Mexico, Salvatierra - Stringer/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Mandatory Credit: Photo by STR/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10978994b)Personnel from the National Commission for the Search of Persons (CNBP) carry out search tasks at different sites in the town of Salvatierra, Guanajuato, Mexico, 28 October 2020.
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