Friends, colleagues and community members paid tribute to the two journalists who were shot and killed during a live broadcast in Virginia.
Here's what we know about Alison Parker and Adam Ward, who worked for WDBJ in Roanoke.
Alison Parker, 24, was the station's morning reporter. According to the station's website, Parker attended James Madison University, where she acted as the editor of the school's newspaper.
She recently shared a photo on her public Facebook profile of a holiday she took with friends and family to the Nantahala River in North Carolina. In the photo, she is seen white water rafting.
I've been MIA for the last few days. I was on the Nantahala River in N.C. with friends and family for some birthday...
Posted by Alison Parker on Sunday, August 23, 2015
We didn't share this publicly, but @AParkerWDBJ7 and I were very much in love. We just moved in together. I am numb. pic.twitter.com/tUrHVwAXcN
— Chris Hurst (@chrishurstwdbj) August 26, 2015
Chris Hurst, an anchor for the station, shared on social media that he and Parker were in a romantic relationship, and had recently moved in together.
We didn't share this publicly, but @AParkerWDBJ7 and I were very much in love. We just moved in together. I am numb. pic.twitter.com/tUrHVwAXcN
— Chris Hurst (@chrishurstwdbj) August 26, 2015
He said the two were together for almost nine months and had wanted to get married.
"She was the most radiant woman I ever met. And for some reason she loved me back," he wrote. "She loved her family, her parents and her brother."
We were together almost nine months. It was the best nine months of our lives. We wanted to get married.We just celebrated her 24th birthday
— Chris Hurst (@chrishurstwdbj) August 26, 2015
She was the most radiant woman I ever met. And for some reason she loved me back. She loved her family, her parents and her brother.
— Chris Hurst (@chrishurstwdbj) August 26, 2015
I am comforted by everyone at @WDBJ7. We are a family. She worked with Adam every day. They were a team. I am heartbroken for his fiancee.
— Chris Hurst (@chrishurstwdbj) August 26, 2015
Hurst said Parker had just finished working on a story about child abuse.
Ward, 27, was a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, in Blacksburg, Va., according to the station.
The cameraman worked with Parker every single day, Hurst said. Ward was engaged to be married.
In a tweet from May 6, Parker shared a photo of herself, Ward and a senior WDBJ reporter. "Just hanging out in the newsroom with @jdashiell and Photographer Adam Ward!" she wrote.
Just hanging out in the newsroom with @jdashiell and Photographer Adam Ward! pic.twitter.com/lyW9cCZ99G
— Alison Parker (@AParkerWDBJ7) May 9, 2014
On Wednesday, community members from Roanoke paid tribute to the two journalists, their families, and the staff at the station.
"Wrap your arms around channel 7 news team members and help them find comfort during this time," Whitney Leigh Taylor wrote on the WDBJ7 Facebook page.
Another Facebook user by the name Sheryl L Jimenez wrote: "Such devastating news for your station. Prayers for families of Alison and Adam and to the entire news station and their families."
WDBJ7 created an online page where viewers could post messages of condolences for Parker and Ward.
With files from The Associated Press