Florida: Journalist, girl killed in series of shootings in Orange County
The journalist was reporting on an earlier shooting in which a 20-year-old woman was also killed. Keith Melvin Moses, 19, was arrested as the alleged perpetrator of all the attacks.
Voz Media (Photo capture / Twitter @OrangeCoSheriff).
Several shootings in Orange County, Florida, left at least three people dead, including a nine-year-old girl and a television reporter who was on the scene covering a previous shooting.
In total, at least five other people were injured as a result of the attacks. All occurred in the same area and on the same day, but at different times.
Several shootings in Orange County
The first shooting took place on Hialeah St. on Wednesday morning. There, a woman in her 20s was shot and killed. Shortly thereafter, a reporter from Spectrum News 13, who was on the scene covering the event, was killed in another shooting at the same location.
Subsequently, another attack was carried out in a nearby area. This time it was a woman and her nine-year-old daughter who were shot in their home. The girl was unable to recover from the gunshot wounds and died.
Suspect arrested
The Orange County Sheriff's Office tweeted a photograph showing the suspect in custody. Keith Melvin Moses, 19, was arrested and is accused of carrying out all of the shootings and homicides. Sheriff John Mina shared the following via Twitter:
According to Mina, Moses has a lengthy criminal record that includes charges of weapons possession, aggravated assault and assault with a deadly weapon, among others:
The sheriff added that they are investigating the reasons for the attacks. It is believed that Moses knew the woman killed in the morning. However, he had no connections to the mother, the nine-year-old girl or the journalist who were shot.
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