'They were a team': Colleagues, community pay tribute to slain journalists

In this composite photo, Alison Parker and Adam Ward are pictured.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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