Worldwide, 40 journalists were reported killed last year, plus another two this year before Wednesday, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. He is also survived by his parents and fiancee. She wrote that Lyons would have turned 25 in March. Rachel Lyons, the reporter's older sister, is raising money for his funeral via GoFundMe. "He loved the community, telling the stories of people, reporting on the news, and he was just passionate about what he did." He loved what he did," said Spectrum Sports 360 reporter and friend, Josh Miller. Before joining Spectrum News, he worked for a station in Gainesville. Lyons was born and raised in Philadelphia, and graduated from the University of Central Florida, the station said. "I want to acknowledge the brave WFTV news crew who was there and witnessed the shooting and rendered aid to the victims until our deputies arrived," Mina said. Police found the journalists who had been shot being helped by a news crew from another station, WFTV. Wednesday after reports that a woman in her 20s had been shot.Ībout five hours later, 911 calls began coming in from the same scene, the sheriff said. Mina said Thursday that the driver and Moses are cousins.ĭeputies went to the Pine Hills area, just northwest of Orlando, at around 11 a.m. He told investigators that Moses and Augustin didn't know each other and that he didn't hear the two exchange any words before the shot was fired. Moses climbed into the backseat, behind Augustin, and about 30 seconds later the driver said he "heard a loud bang" and saw blood on Augustin's face. He said Moses "seemed down" so he offered him a ride, according to an arrest affidavit. It was not immediately known whether Moses has a lawyer who can speak on his behalf.Ī man who called 911 after Augustin was shot told investigators that he was driving around smoking cannabis with her when he spotted Moses walking along a road. He has since refused to speak with detectives. Moses complained he was hurt and was taken to a hospital where he attacked medical staff, Mina said. The sheriff said when deputies arrested Moses they seized a Glock semiautomatic weapon that "was still hot to the touch, meaning it had just been fired, and there were no more rounds." It was not clear if Moses knew that two of the victims were journalists and noted that their vehicle didn't look like a typical news van or have the station's logo on it. He said Moses is a known gang member but that the shootings didn't appear to be gang-related. Mina said Thursday that investigators do not know the motive for any of the shootings. Officials have not released the mother's name. The man then went to a nearby home where he fatally shot T'yonna Major and critically wounded the girl's mother. The two were in an unmarked news vehicle on Wednesday afternoon covering the first homicide when a man approached and shot them, Mina said. Mina said Walden has been talking to investigators while being treated at a hospital. Photographer Jesse Walden was also wounded. Spectrum News 13 identified the slain reporter as Dylan Lyons. Mina said during a news conference that 19-year-old Keith Melvin Moses has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the initial shooting that killed Nathacha Augustin, 38, and that "numerous more charges" would follow. Orange County Sheriff John Mina characterized the shootings Wednesday as random acts of violence. A man riding in a car with his cousin shot and killed another passenger then returned to the same neighborhood near Orlando hours later and shot four more people, killing a journalist covering the original shooting and a 9-year-old girl, Florida police and witnesses said.
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