Gunman kills three, injures two in Florida shooting

A 9-year-old girl, a woman in her 30s, and a Spectrum News 13 TV reporter were killed Wednesday during a series of shootings in an Orlando suburb. Reporter Dylan Lyons was with station photojournalist Jesse Walden covering an earlier murder in the neighborhood when the suspect in that killing shot them both. The shooter then went to a nearby home where he fatally shot nine-year-old T’yonna Major and wounded her mother. Police have arrested Keith Melvin Moses, 19, and say he is responsible for all of the shootings.

Where did the shooting begin? Police on Wednesday morning responded to a neighborhood northwest of Orlando after 38-year-old Nathacha Augustin was fatally shot. Officials say Moses knew Augustin but it is unclear if he knew the journalists or the mother and daughter he shot later in the day. Moses has already been charged with first-degree murder in Augustin’s death and police say further charges are expected soon. His criminal history includes gun charges, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, and grand theft charges.

Dig deeper: From the WORLD archives, read Susan Olasky’s column in WORLD Magazine on how Christians should respond to mass shootings.