Update:
Following the shooting, different law enforcement agencies have spoken out, including Orlando police and the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
“We send our condolences to (Spectrum News 13) and all families impacted by this tragedy. We value the relationships we have with our media partners as we all serve our communities together providing critical information,” Orlando Police Department said in a statement.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office wrote in part: “We extend our deepest condolences to all of their families. This is a sad day for our community.”
Polk County Grady Judd also released a statement.
“We are stunned and heartbroken hearing the news out of Orange County that three people were fatally shot, and two others are fighting for their lives,” Judd wrote.
Judd also said deputies will work to make sure new media members reporting in Polk County are safe.
A suspect was taken into custody after an Orlando journalist and 9-year-old child were killed and two others were shot in Pine Hills Wednesday afternoon.
Deputies got reports of two shootings around 4:05 p.m.
One of the shootings happened on Hialeah Street where deputies had been investigating a separate homicide earlier in the day. A woman in her 20s was shot and killed there at about 11 a.m.
At that scene, deputies found a reporter and photographer from Spectrum News 13 shot. One of the journalists died and the other is in critical condition.
Deputies say after shooting the news crew, the suspect then went to a home on Harrington Street and shot a 9-year-old girl who later died. Her mother was also shot and she is in critical condition.
Keith Moses, 19, is believed to have been the gunman involved in all of the shootings, including the killing from earlier in the day.
It’s unclear why he shot at any of the victims.
Updated Thursday, Feb. 23.
