Posted on 11/01/2024 8:02:21 AM PDT by Angelino97
Two people have been killed and six injured after a gunman opened fire in Orlando while thousands of people were out celebrating Halloween.
A 17-year-old suspect, Jaylen Dwayne Edgar, has been arrested after gunshots were heard in two different locations and he was tackled by police, according to police Chief Eric Smith.
Edgar was previously arrested for grand theft in 2023.
'He pretty much walked into downtown, walked into the street and did what he did,' Chief Smith said, adding that the teen suspect did not walk into any clubs.
Horrifying video shows hundreds of people running for their lives after gunshots were heard in the downtown area of the city.
The ages of the victims range from 19 to 39 years old, Smith said; the dead and injured have not yet been identified as their families continue to be informed...
'The Orlando Police Department is conducting a shooting investigation in Downtown Orlando,' the force said in a statement.
'We are still gathering information and interviewing witnesses. We will have more information later this morning.'
Officials said they are considering charging the suspect as an adult.
They are looking into a motive for the shooting.
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I am grateful the Daily Mail does good US reporting
Just dreadful. Prayers sent for the victims and their families 🙏🏻
Dwayne........................
Juveniles AREN’T juveniles anymore. They have been given the power to override the decisions of their parents, so they should ALWAYS be tried AND SENTENCED as adults when they commit adult crimes. PERIOD! Like the “teachers union thugs” and other liberals like to say. They are “lone wolves”.
My brother made fun of me reading the DM because it’s a tabloid, but I said if you want the most information & photos from breaking American news it’s the best.
> Edgar was previously arrested for grand theft in 2023. <
Well, there you go. The guy should have been in prison. The often-maligned “broken windows” theory is correct. Ignore the lesser crimes, and soon you’ll be dealing with the greater crimes.
It’s something that Rudy Giuliani and Police Chief Bratton saw decades ago: a VERY large percentage of crime is committed by people who do bad things every day.
FIND the habitual criminals, and put them away for as long as you can, and things quiet down.
Look at El Salvador before and after the gang members were rounded up.
He is just an aspiring rapper trying to turn his life around & needed some street cred to give his music a bump.....
Was he trying for suicide by cop?
Sad but true. And they don’t post stock photos, always real scene images.
Yeah, if a juvenile can choose his or her gender, he or she has enough faculties to be sentenced as an adult.
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