ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The community is impacted by the celebration that led to a double murder.
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Nearly a month later, police have no suspects or motive for the shooting that killed a local pastor and another man at the Unity Banquet Hall on Silver Star Road.
Sandra Fatmi-Hall, President of the Pine Hills Community Council, said her phone keeps ringing as residents want to help.
“People are wanting to know what they can do right-- cause clearly, we all see the video,” she said.
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Investigators said they need people to speak up; out of the nearly one hundred people who witnessed the shooting-- very few have spoken up.
Last week, Orange County Sheriff’s Office showed the video below inside the Unity Banquet Hall as people scrambled to dodge bullets.
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A shooting, shortly after midnight on June 24, outside of the Unity Banquet Hall on North Hiawassee Road, killed two people and injured two others.
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28-year-old Willie Bell Jr and 35-year-old Jonathan Frazier were killed at the venue while helping to clean up.
“People are disturbed by it -- everybody’s concerned,” Hall said.
The callers told Hall the shooting was reckless, as it was at a party with hundreds of people-- seeing multiple guns waving around in people’s hands was shocking.
“We have a problem across this nation-- It’s not just in Pine Hills,” she said.
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This shooting inspired some who weren’t at the venue to see what they could do.
“I think people are just concerned about that and scared to go out now- they don’t know where to go,” she said. “It was a birthday party -- they’re very concerned. "
Hall said they are finding ways to unite as a community and not let violence be a staple.
The Pine Hills Community Council will have a community meeting for everyone wanting to get involved in the upcoming weeks.
They said the focus would be an action plan to search for solutions.
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