Three connected shootings in Florida They have resulted in a woman, a girl and at least one journalist murdered this Wednesday. The team of news channel Spectrum News 13 was working reporting on an earlier shooting in Orange County, in the US state of Florida, when they were attacked.
Local authorities have reported that the journalists were surprised when they were at the scene informatively covering the morning shooting death of a 20-something girl, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said.
Nearby, the same suspect entered a house for no apparent reason and shot a woman and her nine-year-old daughter, reports AFP. Hours later, the girl has passed awaysuccumbing to his injuries.
The detainee knew the first victim
Mina has indicated in a press conference that a person has been arrested for his alleged responsibility in both attacks. The detainee had no relationship with the mother and daughter he shot or with the journalists, the officer explained. Yeah knewhowever, at woman murdered in the morning.
“We have arrested the person suspected of being responsible for the murders this morning, as well as the shootings this afternoon,” explained the sheriff, who specified that the suspect, identified as Keith Melvin Moses, 19, , has a “long criminal record”“, reports EP.
Mina has also expressed that it has been a “hard day” for the community, as well as for the journalistic profession. “We work together with all of you, we know you, and We know the complicated and important work you do”has told the journalists who were present at the press conference.
“No one in our community, not a mother, not a nine-year-old girl, let alone media professionals should be victims of armed violence,” lamented Mina.
