TV journalist and girl, 9, shot dead at scene of previous homicide crime scene in Florida

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Four people were shot, two of of them fatally, at a homicide crime scene outside of Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday, according to police.

The victims included a 9-year-old girl and an Orlando-based TV journalist who was producing a story about a woman was found shot to death at the location in Pine Hills earlier in the day.

“I want to acknowledge what a horrible day this has been for community and our media partners,” Orange County Sheriff John Mina said during a press conference on Wednesday.

Another media member covering the scene was critically injured, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. The mother of the child was also shot and injured.

A suspect, 19-year-old Keith Melvin Moses, is in custody, the sheriffs said.

Keith Melvin Moses

The gunman allegedly walked up to a Spectrum News 13 vehicle just after 4pm and shot inside, hitting a reporter and a photographer, then went into a nearby home and began firing inside, killing the girl and wounding her mother, the sheriff said.

Police arrested the 19-year-old near the scene and found a handgun believed to have been used in the shooting.

The teen, who allegedly was an acquaintance of a women in her 20s found shot to death in her vehicle earlier in the day in the same area, has been charged with murder, according to the sheriff.

Mr Moses has previously been arrested for motor vehicle theft, domestic violance battery, obstructing law enforcement, resisting arrest, burglary, fialure to appear in court, grand theft, and probation violations, according to records obtained by the Orlando Sentinel.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated with new information.

Source: independent.co.uk

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