Vicki Gardner, wounded in the WDBJ shooting on live TV, is home from the hospital

The WDBJ logo at WDBJ television studios.
(Image credit: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

The woman who was shot while giving an on-air interview in southwest Virginia in August was released from the hospital in good condition, a hospital spokesman told The New York Times Tuesday.

Vicki Gardner, director of a local Chamber of Commerce, was chatting live with WDBJ's Alison Parker when a gunman fatally shot the reporter and her cameraman, Adam Ward. Former WDBJ employee Vester Lee Flanagan II also shot Gardner in the back before leaving the scene and killing himself.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.