Mass Shooting in Orlando During Halloween Celebrations Leaving at Least 2 Dead

[kellyhound]

Accused gunman Jaylen Dwayne Edgar, 17, is being held in custody on two counts of first-degree murder with a firearm and at least six counts of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm, Orlando police said Friday.

Edgar was arrested by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in December for grand theft of a motor vehicle, records show. Deputies said they observed Edgar driving a car that had been previously been reported stolen from an apartment complex.

Edgar attended elementary and middle school in Orange County Public Schools, but he did not attend high school in the OCPS district, school officials confirmed.

When asked during a press conference Friday afternoon if Edgar is "talking or cooperating" with police, Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith replied, "No, he is not."

[kellyhound]

The shooter.

[rohmell]

The usual suspect.

[AthenaGore]

That place looks like haiti

[docfr8]

We should send these types of criminals to Haiti for punishment and leave em to their own devices.. guaranteed he wouldn't last a day

[spycosis]

Electric chair executions should be available on pay per view, and all the money should go towards the victims and their families. I'd definitely pay to watch cunts like this getting cooked.

[fred5079]

The new running of the bulls in Orlando

[tricon7]

And.....this big, tough, 17-year-old's life is officially and permanently over. How much you want to be he has no father in his life, either?

[houseoftechno]

Here's what transpired, according to local news:

An emergency call was made just after 1 a.m. indicating several people had been shot in the area of Central Boulevard and Orange Avenue, according to the Orlando Police Department. A second call reported more gunfire near Washington Street and Orange Avenue, Smith said.

“Shortly after reported shots fired, a shooting suspect was located and taken into custody at Washington and Orange,” Smith said. “(...) The officers saw the second shots get fired at Washington. Nobody saw the first one on Central. We used the cameras, of course, to see that, play it back. We had that capability to play it back at major intersections. We played the camera back, saw the shooting happen, we put out his descriptor right away, but the officers saw the second shooting happen because, I mean, you saw there’s like five officers right there looking in that direction when he came and started shooting, and he shot multiple people right there.”

At the time of this writing, it’s believed Edgar is the only suspect in the shooting, according to Smith. Edgar had previously been arrested on grand theft charges in 2023, Smith added.

“During this night, we had about 100 officers who are working the detail, spread out as you can see in all the videos. The officers responded very quickly, the officers did a great job. They responded right when they heard the shooting. You know, everybody else is running, they’re not, they’re sitting in position looking for a shooter. They found the shooter. They took him down,” Smith said.

The names of the victims, ranging in age from 19 to 39, have not been released, but Orlando police later in the morning provided more details about them.

Victim 1: Black Male, 25, Deceased

Victim 2: White Male, 19, Deceased

Victim 3: White Male, 18, Shot in lower left leg

Victim 4: White Female, 39, Shot in left hand

Victim 5: Hispanic Female, 24, Shot in left leg

Victim 6: Black Male, 20, Shot in head (graze)

Victim 7: Hispanic Male, 26, Shot in right foot

Victim 8: Hispanic Female, 19, Shot in upper back, lodged in cheek

Victim 9: Hispanic Female, 26, Injuries from being trampled. She was not shot.

No other details about the victims have been released.

Anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 people could have been downtown at the time of the shooting, judging by views of the huge Halloween crowds, according to Smith.

[houseoftechno]

Looking at the first vid, only one cop had eyes on the shooter during the post-shoot panic. This cop followed the shooter's movement as the shooter ducked behind the pickup truck, moved to the right, then popped up in the crowd behind the truck. The cop pursued him and threw him down. I think this cop was the only person on the street who knew who the shooter was. Good eye!