ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A 78-year-old man was picking up his blood pressure medication from an Orange County CVS when police say he was carjacked and then fatally shot.
Deputies are still searching for the assailants who shot and killed father of four Uken Lloyd Cummings, 78, in the CVS parking lot along Silver Start Road in Pine Hills on Sunday around 3:25 p.m.
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Detectives believe three assailants carjacked Cummings’ Mercedes, shot him and left him in the parking lot.
Several nearby businesses have surveillance cameras, and Cummings’ children are hoping that images from those camera will help investigators catch the people responsible for their father’s death.
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“To gun down a 78 year old man, it doesn’t make any sense,” his daughter said.
Investigators spent hours on scene searching for clues.
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Channel 9 spoke to Katherine Cooper, who lives nearby.
“We have got to stop this crime. We have to,” she said.
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This is 78-year-old Uken Lloyd Cummings. He was brutally murdered 1/30 in a parking lot on Silver Star Road during a carjacking. Our hearts go out to his loved ones, and we are imploring anyone with information to reach out to @CrimelineFL at 800-423-8477. pic.twitter.com/JnoSpZxur7
— Orange County Sheriff's Office (@OrangeCoSheriff) January 31, 2022
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Crimeline at 800-423-8477.
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