ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A shooting Wednesday afternoon left a reporter and a 9-year-old girl dead and a news photographer and a woman critically injured in Pine Hills -- just hours after a woman was killed at the same scene.
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11:15 p.m. update
A University of Central Florida journalism professor wants the community to know who the News 13 TV reporter killed in Wednesday’s mass shooting was, and what he meant to the community.
10 p.m. update
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office released an image of deputies walking 19-year-old Keith Melvin Moses -- the suspect in a series of shootings Wednesday that left three dead -- into the Sheriff’s Office headquarters.
“This is a sad day for our community,” the agency said in a tweet.
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This is 19-year-old Keith Melvin Moses, the suspect in a series of shootings today that left three dead, in OCSO custody. This is a sad day for our community. Three were murdered today, including a woman in her 20s, a 9-year-old girl and a @MyNews13 employee. pic.twitter.com/DXXkxzRHl5
— Orange County Sheriff's Office (@OrangeCoSheriff) February 23, 2023
Read: TV journalist, 9-year-old killed at Orange County crime scene: Central Florida reacts
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre released the following two tweets in reaction to Wednesday’s mass shooting:
Our hearts are also with the other shooting victims today, their families, and the entire community. Too many lives are being ripped apart by gun violence.
— Karine Jean-Pierre (@PressSec) February 23, 2023
9:30 p.m. update
Condolences are starting to pour in from across Central Florida and beyond.
Read statements from Central Florida officials and residents by clicking here.
9:10 p.m. update
Spectrum News 13′s parent company, Charter Communications, released this statement about the shooting that killed one of its reporters and critically injured one of its news photographers:
Photos: Multiple people shot at same scene of deadly shooting earlier today in Pine Hills
Following the shooting death of a member of our Spectrum News 13 crew, our parent company, Charter Communications, has released a statement. pic.twitter.com/oiL4nqLT3E
— Spectrum News 13 (@MyNews13) February 23, 2023
7:38 p.m. update
Orange County Sheriff John Mina said Wednesday evening that a shooting in the Pine Hills neighborhood left two people killed and two others critically injured.
Mina said a News 13 reporter was killed and a News 13 photographer was critically injured in the shooting.
He also said a 9-year-old girl was also killed and her mother is in critical condition.
Read: Woman in her 20s found shot to death in Orange County neighborhood
Investigators said Keith Melvin Moses, 19, is accused in this case and as well as a shooting at that same location earlier in the day that left a woman in her 20s dead.
Mina said Moses has a lengthy criminal history.
He said the reporter and photographer were in or near a vehicle that was not clearly marked as a news car when they were shot.
7:15 p.m. update
Orange County Sheriff John Mina will provide an update at 7:15 p.m. after multiple people were shot in the Pine Hills neighborhood just hours after a woman in her 20s was fatally shot at the same scene.
Both shootings were reported at Hialeah Street near Balboa Drive and North Hastings Street.
In the earlier shooting, which happened at about 11:15 a.m., deputies discovered a woman in her 20s who had been shot, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her identity has not been released.
Deputies have not said how many people were injured in the second shooting, which happened at about 4 p.m.
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Earlier story:
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday afternoon that multiple people have been shot on Hialeah Street in the Pine Hills community.
It’s the same scene as another shooting earlier Wednesday in which a woman in her 20s died. Click here to read more about that shooting.
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Deputies said one person has been detained in connection with the shooting.
Several people have been taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center for treatment. Their conditions are unknown.
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We are on the scene working to get more info. Deputies putting up new tape now. https://t.co/1CCb4BD4ED pic.twitter.com/DnZh4eyOky
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