Woman in her 20s found shot dead in ‘domestic incident,’ Orange County sheriff says
MAYOR MEGAN, TODAY, THE CITY OF ORLANDO WILL LOOK AT EXPANDING A PROGRAM THAT OFFICIALS SAY HAS REALLY CUT DOWN ON SHOOTINGS. THIS IS CALLED THE COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION INITIATIVE. AND AS WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN EXPLAINS, THE PROGRAM COULD BE GOING INTO MORE NEIGHBORHOODS SOON. LEADERS HERE, SAY HAS GOTTEN RESULTS IN THE PLACES WHERE IT’S BEEN TRIED SO FAR, SO THEY’RE HOPING IT WILL WORK IN EVEN MORE NEIGHBORHOODS. NOW, THIS PROGRAM IS FOCUSING ON PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO BECOME VIOLENT CRIMINALS OR VICTIMS. THE FLORIDA RIGHTS RESTORATION COALITION, WORKING WITH THE CITY TO FIND AND TRAIN WHAT THEY CALL STREET OUTREACH TEAMS WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH GUN VIOLENCE. AND THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BEFORE BUT HAVE TURNED THEIR LIVES AROUND. THOSE FOLKS WORK WITH TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO NEED HELP TO STAY AWAY FROM THE VIOLENT LIFESTYLE. SO FAR, THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN USED IN PLACES LIKE HOLDEN HEIGHTS, PARAMORE AND MERCY DRIVE IN THE CITY OF ORLANDO SAYS IT HAS CUT DOWN ON DEADLY SHOOTINGS BY 20% AND NON-FATAL ONES BY 36%. NOW THEY WANT TO EXPAND THAT TO THE LAKE MANN AND RICHMOND HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL AS SIGNAL HILL CLOSER TO PINE HILLS. EXPANDING THAT PROGRAM WOULD COST ABOUT $1.5 MILLION. THE CITY PLANS TO PAY FOR THAT USING A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE VOTING ON THAT IDEA OF EXPANDING THE PROGRAM AT ITS MEETING THIS AFTERNOON, REPORTING AT ORLANDO CITY HALL BOB HAZEN WESH TWO NEWS. ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND SEVEN PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED, INCLUDING THREE KIDS, AFTER A HOME WENT UP IN FLAMES IN PINE HILLS. THIS HAPPENED ON ROGER BABSON ROAD, WESH TWO, SENAIT GEBREGIORGIS SPOKE WITH NEIGHBORS WHO WATCHED THIS TRAGIC SCENE UNFOLD. ORANGE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE TEAM TRIED EVERYTHING TO PUT OUT FLAMES THAT RIPPED THROUGH A HOUSE IN PINE HILLS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, WHEN THE CREWS ARRIVED, HALF OF IT WAS BURNING. RESIDENTS TOLD THEM THAT ONE PERSON WAS TRAPPED INSIDE THE HOME. I SAW THE LIGHT FLASHING THROUGH THE WINDOW, SO I OPENED THE CURTAIN AND PEEP OUT AND THERE WAS POLICE AND FIRE TRUCKS AND AMBULANCE EVERYTHING. ONE PERSON LOST THEIR LIFE IN THE FIRE. FOUR ADULTS AND THREE CHILDREN ARE GETTING HELP FROM THE RED CROSS AFTER THEY WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THE HOME. I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE LOST A NEIGHBOR. FIRE CREWS SPENT THE MORNING ASSESSING THE DAMAGE. THE AFTERMATH IS JUST HEARTBREAKING. THERE’S DEBRIS SCATTERED ALL OVER HERE, RIGHT NEXT TO MY FEET. THERE’S A PICTURE FRAME AND THEN BEHIND US, YOU SEE A BROKEN DOOR ON THE GROUND. IT’S KIND OF SAD TO KNOW THAT THIS HAPPENED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THE FIRST TIME SINCE I LIVE IN 11 YEARS. SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OTHER NEIGHBORS PASSING BY, SEEING THE CHARRED HOUSE UP CLOSE WAS TOUGH TO PROCESS. THIS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I FEEL SO BAD SEEING THIS HOUSE AND PEOPLE JUST NEED TO BE SAFE AS POSSIBLE. THEY CAN’T, YOU KNOW, AND IT’S THE FIRST TIME I’VE SEEN THIS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I’M SO SORRY FOR THE FAMILIES. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE IN ORANGE COUNTY, SANIKA VALARIE JARVIS WESH 2 NEWS. THE PINE HILLS COMMUNITY COUNCIL ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT SAID IN PART, WE ARE SADDENED WHEN WE HEAR OF TRAGIC INCIDENTS WHICH IMPACT US ALL IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE COUNCIL PLANS TO WORK WITH FIRE OFFICIALS TO ENSURE ALL HOMES IN THE AREA HAVE ACCESS TO A FIRE DETECTION DEVICE IN THE COMING WEEKS. ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND ANOTHER IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A CRASH ALONG I-95 IN FLAGLER COUNTY. TROOPERS SAY A PICKUP TRUCK WAS TRYING TO CHANGE LANES ALONG I-95 DAVE NORTH OF OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY ON SATURDAY. THEY SAY THE TRUCK BEGAN SLIDING, HIT A GUARDRAIL, AND THEN ROLLED OVER ONTO THE MEDIAN. A 46 YEAR OLD WOMAN IN THE TRUCK DIED AT THE SCENE. THE DRIVER, 47 YEAR OLD MAN, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH CRITICAL INJURIES. A DELAND MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER A DEADLY SHOOTING THAT PROMPTED AN HOURS LONG SEARCH IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE FOUR SATURDAY MORNING ON WEST BERESFORD ROAD AND SOUTH PARSONS AVENUE. EDGAR MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ WAS ARRESTED JUST AFTER 730 SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER SOMEONE REPORTED A MAN HIDING IN THEIR BACKYARD. POLICE SAY HE HAD A LOADED GUN ON HIM WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED. A JURY FOUND A MAN GUILTY FOR KILLING HIS GRANDFATHER, WHO WAS A BOXING ICON. LUCIAN HARRIS WAS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING LOU HARRIS BACK IN 2019. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE LUCIAN POSSIBLY SHOT HIS GRANDFATHER AFTER BEING TOLD TO MOVE OUT, AND AFTER YEARS OF WAITING, LUCIAN WAS IS IN COURT FACING CHARGES OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER WITH A FIREARM, POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON, AND TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE WITH THE VERDICT, STEVEN HARRIS SAYS THAT HIS FAMILY FINALLY HAS CAN MOVE FORWARD. RIGHT NOW, I’M FEELING THIS CLOSURE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE’RE JUST WAITING ON THAT GUILTY VERDICT. LUCIAN HARRIS IS SET TO BE SENTENCED NEXT MONTH. AND PALM BEACH GARDENS NO ONE WAS HURT WHEN A CAR SLAMMED INTO A SALON ON SATURDAY MORNING, BUT SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THAT CAR CRASHING INTO THE DOOR JUST BEFORE 10:00 IN THE MORNING. FIRE RESCUE OFFICIALS SAY THE DRIVER ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE GAS. THAT IS WHAT WAS A RESULT. THE SALON OWNER SAYS ONE OF HER EMPLOYEES WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME, SO THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. THANK GOD THAT THE CAR HIT THE, UM, COLUMN AND STOPPED THE CAR FROM ACTUALLY ENTERING THROUGH INTO THE SALON. I WAS, UM, VERY NERVOUS AND A LITTLE SHAKEN UP FOR SURE. THE SALONS FRONT ENTRANCE IS NOW BOARDED, AND THE OWNER SAYS SHE EXPECTS THE LANDLORD TO REPAIR THE DAMAGES IN THE COMING WEEKS. A 101 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM JENSEN BEACH WENT VIRAL ON TIKTOK AFTER PROTESTING BOOK BANS, AND SHE WAS AT THE OSCARS LAST NIGHT. GRACELYN SAYS HER HUSBAND DIED AFTER WORLD WAR TWO WHILE DEFENDING DEMOCRACY AND THE CONSTITUTION AND FREEDOM AND THAT IS WHY SHE DISPLAYED A QUILT AT A MEETING TO SHOW BOOKSHELVES FILLED WITH BANNED BOOKS. SHE DESIGNED IT WITH THE HELP OF FRIENDS, AND IT NOW HANGS IN HER HOME. SEE HOW I CHANGED THE FONTS FOR EACH ONE? I DIDN’T HAVE THE REAL BOOKS, BUT BUT IT MADE THEM LOOK UNIQUE. A DOCUMENTARY CREW NOTICED HER VIRAL VIDEO, AND A MONTH LATER, A FILM CALLED THE ABC OF BOOK BANNING WAS MADE FEATURING LYNN. IT WAS NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR. LYNN SAYS HER GOAL AT THE OSCARS IS TO CONTINUE TO SHARE HER PASSION. RISING YOUNG STARS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY ARE HOPING TO MAKE IT TO THE BIG SCREEN ONE DAY. THEY SURE ARE, G STAR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS IS CENTERED AROUND STUDENTS BOTH ON AND OFF SCREEN. THEY ARE ASPIRING ACTORS AND ACTRESSES. THEIR STUDENTS ALSO LEARN VARIOUS THINGS FROM HOW TO SHOOT VIDEO, FIND THE BEST LIGHTING, AND CREATE MASTERPIECES. G STAR IS TRANSITIONING, TRANSITIONING TO TEACH SIXTH THROUGH 12TH GRADES BEGINNING NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 32210 LUTSK ZACH. SPACEX SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED ANOTHER FALCON NINE ROCKET FROM OUR SPACEX COAST. LOOKING PICTURE PERFECT THERE. IT TOOK OFF JUST AFTER 7:00 LAST NIGHT AT CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION. IT WAS CARRYING A BATCH OF STARLINK SATELLITES INTO ORBIT. SEVERE WEATHER HAS IMPACTED SEVERAL FLIGHTS OVER THE WEEKEND, FORCING SOME PEOPLE TO RESCHEDULE. WESH 2’S TONY ATKINS IS AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL, WHERE HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS WERE DELAYED YESTERDAY. ACCORDING TO FLIGHT TRACKER FLIGHTAWARE, MORE THAN 500 FLIGHTS HERE AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL WERE IMPACTED YESTERDAY, AND 170 OF THOSE WERE ON SOUTHWEST BECAUSE OF THAT. THIS IS WHAT WE SAW. LONG LINES HERE AT THE AIRPORT AND THIS WAS THE RESULT. AFTER THUNDERSTORMS AND INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY IMPACTED OPERATIONS ON SUNDAY. A REP WITH SOUTHWEST SAYS 14 FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED AROUND NOON YESTERDAY, AND THE NUMBER ONLY GREW FROM THERE AS THE DAY WENT ON. ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AVERAGES ABOUT 900 FLIGHTS DAILY. FLIGHTAWARE SAYS MORE THAN 170 OF THE 500 PLUS FLIGHTS IMPACTED WERE ON SOUTHWEST. WE DID GET A STATEMENT FROM THE AIRLINE WHICH SAYS IN PART, THEY’RE WORKING WITH CUSTOMERS AND APOLOGIZING FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, END QUOTE. BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, SOME TRAVELERS WERE STILL FRUSTRATED, ONLY CAME TO FLORIDA AS A CONNECTING FLIGHT. UH, ON MY WAY FROM MEMPHIS BACK TO BALTIMORE, 23 HOURS I’VE BEEN IN MCO AIRPORT OFFICIALS SAY IF YOU DO PLAN ON COMING TO THE AIRPORT FOR A FLIGHT, CONSIDER THE 3 TO 1 RULE, WHICH IS CHECK IN AT YOUR AIRLINE, CHECK IN THREE HOURS AHEAD OF FLIGHT. TRY TO MAKE IT TO TSA WITH TWO HOURS TO SPARE, AND HOPEFULLY YOU’RE AT YOUR GATE WITH ONE HOUR TO SPARE. REPORTING
Woman in her 20s found shot dead in ‘domestic incident,’ Orange County sheriff says
Updated: 11:23 AM EDT Mar 11, 2024
ABOVE: A look at today’s top headlinesA woman was discovered fatally shot Monday morning in Orange County.According to the sheriff’s office, deputies were called to South Goldenrod Road and Nolton Way just before 8 a.m. A woman in her 20s was pronounced dead at the scene, and a suspect was apprehended. Deputies said the incident was “domestic in nature.”
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A woman was discovered fatally shot Monday morning in Orange County.
According to the sheriff’s office, deputies were called to South Goldenrod Road and Nolton Way just before 8 a.m.
A woman in her 20s was pronounced dead at the scene, and a suspect was apprehended.
Deputies said the incident was “domestic in nature.”
