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Virginia reporter and cameraman were fatally shot Wednesday during a
live broadcast. Although journalists covering international conflicts
often face significant risks, it's relatively rare for journalists
working in the U.S. to be targeted. However, at least 15 other
journalists working in the U.S. or Canada have been slain over the past
four decades while doing their jobs:
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Chauncey
Bailey, editor-in-chief of the Oakland Post in Oakland, Calif.; fatally
shot on a downtown street on Aug. 2, 2007, while on his way to work;
the shooter was a handyman and occasional cook at Your Black Muslim
Bakery who had said he was angered by Bailey's coverage of the bakery
and its staff.
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William
Biggart, freelance news photographer, was killed after rushing to the
World Trade Center following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. His
body was found in the rubble of ground zero.
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Robert
Stevens, a photo editor for The Sun in Boca Raton, Florida, died on
Oct. 5, 2001, when a letter containing deadly anthrax spores was opened
at the then-headquarters in Boca Raton of American Media Inc., publisher
of the National Enquirer, Sun and Globe tabloids.
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Tara
Singh Hayer, 62, publisher of the Indo-Canadian Times in Surrey,
British Columbia; had frequently denounced Sikh fundamentalists; shot
Nov. 18, 1998, in the garage of his home in Surrey.
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Dona
St. Plite, 41, Haitian-born radio host who had supported Haiti's
president, the Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide,after a 1991 coup; shot
October 24, 1993, as he was leaving a Miami fundraising event for the
family of another slain radio host.
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Manuel
de Dios Unanue, 48, Cuban-born journalist; former editor of
El-Diario-La Prensa in New York City; wrote exposes of Colombian drug
lords; shot March 11, 1992, in a Queens, New York, restaurant.
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Fritz
Dor, 33, Haitian-born radio host and supporter of President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide; shot March 15, 1991, as he left his Miami
office. Jean-Claude Olivier, 47, Haitian-born radio host and Aristide
supporter; shot February 18, 1991, as he walked to his car from a Miami
nightclub.
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Triet
Le, 61, columnist for Van Nghe Tien Phong, a Vietnamese-language
magazine in Arlington, Virginia; shot with his wife, Tuet Thi Dangtran,
on Sept. 22, 1990, in front of their home in Baileys Crossroads,
Virginia.
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Nhan
Trong Do, 56, layout editor for Van Nghe Tien Phong; found shot in his
car outside his Seven Corners, Virginia, home on Nov. 22, 1989.
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Tap
Van Pham, 48, publisher of Mai, a Vietnamese-language entertainment
magazine in Garden Grove, California; had received threats from
anti-Communist groups; died Aug. 9, 1987, when an arsonist set fire to
the building housing his home and office.
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Henry
Liu, 52, Chinese journalist; wrote a critical biography of Taiwan
President Chiang Ching-kuo; shot October 15, 1984, as he sat in a car in
the garage of his home in Daly City, California.
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Alan
Berg, 50, Denver talk-show host; shot outside his downtown condominium
on Aug. 24, 1982, by two members of a white supremacist group, The
Order.
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Nguyen
Dam Phong, 48, founder of Tu Do, a Vietnamese-language newspaper in
Houston; published articles accusing Vietnamese anti-Communist groups of
being fronts for organized crime; shot to death Aug. 24, 1982, outside
his home.
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Lam
Trong Duong, 25, editor of Cai Dinh Lang, a Vietnamese- language
community newsletter in San Francisco; maintained an editorial viewpoint
sympathetic to Hanoi; shot to death July 21, 1981, on a street in the
Tenderloin district.
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Don
Bolles, 47, investigative reporter for the Arizona Republic; fatally
wounded on June 2, 1976, when a bomb exploded in his car outside a
Phoenix hotel.
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Sources: American Journalism Review and the Committee To Protect Journalists.
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