Orlando Shooting

Deputy Dies In Crash While Responding To Orlando Shooting

... hundreds of officers from multiple police agencies were searching for 41-year-old Markeith Loyd. Demings says the best thing he could tell the suspect is to surrender so the situation can be resolved peacefully. Loyd is suspected in the shooting death of Master Sgt. Debra Clayton.  Clayton was shot after she approached Loyd outside a Walmart store Monday morning. Officer shot and killed in Orlando; manhunt for suspect underway. An Orange County deputy sheriff was also killed during the search for Loyd. "It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our beloved Deputy First Class Norman Lewis.  DFC Lewis lost his life after a traffic crash at the intersection of Balboa and North Pine Hills Road at 9:44 a.m. today," said Jane Watrel, spokesperson for the Sheriff's Office. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a van was traveling northbound on Pine Hills Road and Deputy Lewis was on his motorcycle, traveling southbound on Pine Hills Road.  The van made a left turn in the direct path of the motorcycle.  The front of the motorcycle struck the right side of the van. Lewis, 35, was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center and later ...

Police Search For Suspect After Female Officer Is Killed

... had received word that Loyd was in the area near a local Walmart. She radioed at 7:17 a.m. to say she was trying to contact a murder suspect. Loyd was wanted in the December 13 fatal shooting of Sade Dixon, 24, his pregnant girlfriend, CNN affiliate WFTV reported. Clayton tried to stop Loyd and briefly chased the suspect on foot, said the Orlando police chief. "As soon as she said stop, he basically opened fire on her," Mina said. A witness outside the Walmart described a similar scene. "I was walking down the sidewalk, right past the officer, and I heard her tell him to stop, or whatever, and he shot her," witness James Herman told CNN affiliate WFTV. "He shot her down.". The gunman continued shooting behind him as he was running from the scene, Herman said. He also said the man wore a security shirt, but Mina said the suspect was not a security guard. Clayton returned fire but investigators don't think she struck the gunman, Mina said. Colleagues ...

Lock-down Orders Lifted At All Orange County Schools

... which is about 8 miles from the shooting scene, was safe. "Police are using an abundance of caution around our campus while they search. The police have instructed us that we are not to receive any more students until the lockdown is lifted. If your child is not already on campus, please keep them at home until further notice," the message said. "We do have police officers here on campus, and campus is completely secured, and all gates locked," it said. Parent Stacy Scovanner learned about the shooting from TV news early this morning. She then learned that Lake Silver Elementary School, where her son Nathan, 8, is in second grade, was on lockdown. She decided he'd stay home. "I said, 'No way," Scovanner said. "Someone could slip in. I’m not going to risk that with Nathan.". Her family is friends with Cory Connell's, so news of another shooting in Orlando left her particularly shaken. ...

Orlando Police Investigating Officer-involved Shooting

... first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer. "We will track him down to the ends of the earth," Mina said during a news conference Monday afternoon. Clayton was married with a college-age son. Her colleagues described her as an officer who loved to give back to the community that she called home her entire life. Police records show that she was among the early wave of officers who responded to Pulse nightclub on June 12. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to our Orlando Police Department. Today, 2 heroes were taken from our city. We stand with you," Pulse said in a post on its official Facebook page. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer declared Monday an official day of mourning. Florida Gov. Rick Scott said he was "heartbroken and angered" over the loss of lives. Lewis received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Central Florida, where he played for the Knight's football team. MORE: Orlando mourns deaths of 2 law enforcement officers. Authorities have been searching for Loyd since Dec. 13, when they say he killed Sade Dixon, 24, a mother of two ...

Orlando Nightclub Attack Was Deadliest Mass Shooting In U.s. History

... himself, and the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., in which gunman Adam Lanza killed 27 people before killing himself. Here is a list of America’s deadliest mass shootings. 50 people, June 12, 2016 After a gunman opened fire at a prominent gay club in Orlando early on Sunday morning, 50 people were killed and 53 injured. Police killed the shooter after he held some locals in the club hostage. 32 people, April 17, 2007 A 23-year-old student at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia killed 32 people in shooting spree in two locations. The shooter, Seung-Hui Cho pre-recorded a video of him ranting about rich “brats” and complaining about being bullied. Cho killed himself on the scene. 27 people, December 14, 2012 20-year-0 ld Adam Lanza gunned down 20 children between the ages of 6 and 7 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, as well as six adults and school staff before killing himself. Lanza committed suicide. 23 people, October 16, 1991 George Hennard crashed his pickup truck through the walls of Luby’s Cafeteria, a packed restaurant in Killeen, Texas. The ...

Man Shot Multiple Times At Millenia Apartment, Cops Say

... looking for, or if anything was stolen. Ruth said the suspects got into a vehicle that was waiting in the parking lot and fled the scene. Police haven't released a description of the suspects or their vehicle. Caption Mother of teen killed in Winter Park speaks after defendants released. Adriana Thomé spoke with the press following a court hearing that saw the release of the two defendants accused of kiling Thomé's son, Roger Trindade, in Winter Park back in October, 2016. Caption Mother of teen killed in Winter Park speaks after defendants released. Adriana Thomé spoke with the press following a court hearing that saw the release of the two defendants accused of kiling Thomé's son, Roger Trindade, in Winter Park back in October, 2016. Caption Search continues for man accused of killing Orlando police officer. Two Orlando-area law enforcement officers were killed this morning, one shot by a murder suspect who managed to get away and a second killed in a crash while officers and deputies scrambled to find him. Caption Orange County ...