Five shot, three dead, including one Florida News anchor, in string of shootings near Orlando

On February 22, Sheriff Mike Chitwood of the Volusia Sheriff’s Office shared the horrific news that a Spectrum News 13 Journalist / News Anchor was shot and killed while covering a news story and working on the scene of a homicide investigation in Pine Hills Florida.  The Orange County Sheriff’s Office identified the shooting victim that died yesterday as 24-year-old as Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan Lyons.  Photographer / videographer Jesse Walden of Spectrum News 13 was also shot and survived.   

Pine Hills is located in Orange County, Florida just west of Orlando.

A dedicated and motivated reporter, Dylan was shot and killed while working at the scene of a homicide. Spectrum News remembers our fallen colleague. https://t.co/264x3y8Lup

— Spectrum News 13 (@MyNews13) February 23, 2023

Update: Following the shooting death of one of our colleagues and the wounding of another, Spectrum News 13 has now identified the reporter who lost his life as Dylan Lyons, 24. 

Spectrum News 13 photojournalist Jesse Walden was critically injured, and remains in care of doctors pic.twitter.com/u0mIbSTMDW

— Greg Angel (@NewsGuyGreg) February 23, 2023

My News 13 reported Orange County Sheriff John Mina as saying that a nine-year-old girl was also killed in a separate, but related, random shooting. On Thursday morning, the Sheriff’s Office in a tweet identified the girl as T’yonna Major. Her mother was also shot and survived. 

UPDATE: The three people senselessly murdered on 2/22 by Keith Moses:
Nathacha Augustin, 38.
9-year-old T'yonna Major, shot in her home. (Her mother was also shot & survived)@MyNews13 reporter Dylan Lyons, 24, died. (Photographer Jesse Walden was shot & survived) pic.twitter.com/mlut3TBa2z

— Orange County Sheriff's Office (@OrangeCoSheriff) February 23, 2023

In another update, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest and the identity of the shooter. Sheriff Mina said that Keith Melvin Moses, 19, was identified as the suspect in a series of shootings that left three dead, in OCSO custody.

This is 19-year-old Keith Melvin Moses, the suspect in a series of shootings today that left three dead, in OCSO custody. This is a sad day for our community. Three were murdered today, including a woman in her 20s, a 9-year-old girl and a @MyNews13 employee. pic.twitter.com/DXXkxzRHl5

— Orange County Sheriff's Office (@OrangeCoSheriff) February 23, 2023

Sheriff Mina:  “This is a sad day for our community. Three were murdered today, including a woman in her 20s, a 9-year-old girl and a Spectrum News 13 employee.  No one in our community – not a 9 year old child or a media professional – should become the victim of gun violence. Three people murdered by the acts of one criminal. We are grieving with our media partners at News13 – and with our whole community tonight.”

Keith Moses remains in jail on no bond. He has been arrested on charges of First Degree Murder for the shooting death of Ms. Augustin. More charges will be filed for the additional murders and shootings.

Dylan Thomas’ family has established a GoFundMe page to help cover funeral expenses.

For more on the story, see the video accompanying this article.

(Dylan Thomas Cover Photo, Image credit: Twitter)

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