And journalist is dead and another is seriously injured after a shooting in the state of FloridaUnited States, which has also resulted in two other deaths, including a nine year old girlas reported by local authorities, who have confirmed the identification and arrest of the only suspect.
The deceased is the chain reporter Spectrum News 13 Dylan Lyons, only 24 years old, as confirmed by the media itself. The photographer who accompanied him, Jesse Walden, remains seriously injured. In a statement, the chain has expressed condolences to the familyand they hope that the injured worker “recovers completely”, although they have not specified anything else about his state of health.
The journalists were at the scene, in Orange County, reporting on a homicide produced hours earlier in which the suspect allegedly killed a young woman. In the subsequent confrontation with the police, several shots were fired, hitting both journalistsas well as a woman and her nine-year-old daughter, who has also died.
The murder suspect is 19 years old.
The suspect in police custody is Keith Melvin Moses, a 19-year-old man who, Orange County Sheriff John Mina explained, has a “long criminal record”. “I knew the woman who was killed this morning, but from what we know so far she had no connection to the journalists or to her mother and her nine-year-old girl,” she added.
Mina has also stated that It’s been a “hard day” for the communityas 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,” he told the journalists who were present at the press conference.
The white house spokesman, Karine Jean Pierre, has expressed her condolences with the relatives of the victims through a statement on social networks. Also, the sheriff of neighboring Polk County, Grady Judd, has asked media professionals in his area that “if you find yourself in a situation where you feel unsafe, please call and we will send help to protect you.” adding that they greatly appreciate “the work you do”.