Vicki Gardner, a local tourism official, was being interviewed on the WDBJ morning show in Virginia when the gunman struck.
What the Survivor of the Virginia Live TV Shooting Remembers
The woman who was being interviewed when a gunman opened fire on a news crew on live television remembers ducking bullets before she was shot in the back, a spokesman for her family told NBC News on Friday.
Vicki Gardner, a local tourism official who was
being interviewed on the WDBJ morning show in Virginia when the gunman
struck, also remembers that at one point his gun jammed or ran out of
bullets, said the spokesman, Troy Keaton.
"It happened fast, and it was frightening," he
said. "She saw Alison shot, Adam also. She was ducking and dodging and
ended up on the ground, kind of hunched over, and he shot her in the
back."
Alison Parker, the reporter who was interviewing
Gardner for the station's morning show, and Adam Ward, the cameraman,
were killed. The gunman, Vester Flanagan, a disgruntled former reporter
for WDBJ, later killed himself.
Parker's and Ward's deaths were ruled homicides
on Friday. Parker was shot in the head and chest, and Ward was shot in
the head and torso, the medical examiner said.
Gardner was listed in good condition after
surgery. Keaton, who said he was relaying information from Gardner's
husband, reported that she is alert and in good spirits and that her
memory is vivid.
"She has shared with Tim and her family the
horror and the tragedy and shock," he said. "She knew when it happened
that Adam and Alison were — it was very bad for them. And she is just
very thankful that she was able to survive."
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