February 23rd 2023
TV journalist and child shot dead at scene of earlier murder in Florida
by Max Matza/BBC
A second reporter, Jesse Walden, and the girl's mother were shot and injured by the same gunman, who is also suspected of the other homicide.
The journalists were covering the killing of a woman when the teenage suspect returned, police say.
It is unclear if they were targeted.
The suspect was armed when he was arrested and was not co-operating with police, said investigators.
The other two victims in Wednesday's two attacks in Pine Hills, a suburb west of Orlando, have not yet been identified.
He said the Spectrum News 13 journalists had been reporting on a shooting that took place earlier in the day at around 11:00 local time, which saw a woman in her 20s fatally shot inside a car, when the suspect returned to the crime scene and opened fire.
After attacking the journalists, the alleged gunman - Keith Moses, 19 - went into a nearby home and shot the girl and her mother, the sheriff said.
The mother was in hospital in a critical condition, he added.
Other journalists nearby helped provide first aid to the victims, according to local reporters.
Spectrum 13 continued live coverage after the death of their reporter was announced.
Greg Angel, a news presenter for the station, said the injured journalist had "been able to speak with investigators and colleagues".
The suspect, Mr Mina said, "has a lengthy criminal history, to include gun charges, aggravated battery and assault with a deadly weapon, burglary and grand theft charges".
He described him as an "acquaintance" of the woman shot in the morning, "but as far as we know, he had no connection to the reporters and no connection to the mother and the nine-year-old".
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