A 19-Year-Old Man Allegedly Killed A Woman, Then Returned To The Scene Hours Later And Shot Four Others, Including A 9-Year-Old Girl And A Journalist

Deputies located and arrested Moses, who authorities said was armed with a handgun, near the scene of the shootings.

“Why he shot them in that house [is] really unclear as to why he shot the news vehicle as well,” Mina said during a news conference.

News 13 has not released the names of the killed or injured crew members as of Wednesday evening, the station reported.

“Please – keep my News 13 family in your thoughts tonight and for the next several days,” tweeted Zach Covey, a meteorologist for the station. “I’m going to pull back from social for a little while I process tonight. Please respect our distance during this time.”

Mina said Moses was “not saying much” to law enforcement and that it was unclear if he knew that the two men were journalists.

The sheriff said the vehicle where the journalists were shot did not look like a news vehicle and that it was parked in the same location where the earlier homicide occurred. Deputies first responded to a report of a shooting in the neighborhood at 11 a.m. Wednesday and found a woman in her 20s who had been shot and killed in a vehicle.

Mina said investigators believe the woman, whose identity has not been released, was an acquaintance of Moses. By the time he returned to the scene, detectives had identified him as the suspect in the shooting, Mina said.

“What a horrible day this has been for our community and our media partners,” the sheriff said. “No one in our community, not a mother, not a 9-year-old, certainly not news professionals, should become the victim of gun violence in our community.”

Moses has been formally charged with murder for Wednesday morning’s shooting and additional charges are expected, Mina said. The 19-year-old has “a lengthy criminal history,” which includes charges of aggravated battery, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, and grand theft, the sheriff said.

A representative for the Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to BuzzFeed News’ questions Wednesday night about whether charges have been filed against Moses.

Outside the Orlando Regional Medical Center, WESH2 journalist Luana Munoz broke down as she described the scene at the hospital. Fellow journalists gathered to cover the shooting and were also grieving together, she said.

“This is really difficult to cover,” Munoz said on camera. “This is every reporter’s absolute worse nightmare. We go home at night afraid that something like this will occur and that is what happened here.”




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