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Gang member, Keith Melvin Moses, 19, ‘was high on drugs’ when he killed three people in Orlando – when arrested, suspect’s gun was ‘still warm’ from shooting journalist, girl, 9, and woman, 38, in five hour span

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2e2323&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Keith Melvin Moses&comma; a known gang member&comma; is charged with triple-homicide that happened in Pine Hills&comma; Florida on Wednesday <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2e2323&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Moses&comma; 19&comma; is in custody for the murder of Nathacha Augustin&comma; 38&comma; whom he allegedly shot at 11am Wednesday&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2e2323&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Local reporter Dylan Lyons&comma; 24&comma;&nbsp&semi;and his cameraman Jesse Walden were covering the homicide when Moses returned to the crime scene and shot both men <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2e2323&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Lyons died in hospital&comma; Walden is remains hospitalized&comma; listed as critical <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2e2323&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>He then walked into a nearby home and shot and killed nine-year-old girl T&&num;8217&semi;Yonna Major &&num;8211&semi; her mother survived&comma; but is listed as critical&nbsp&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2e2323&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Moses who has a lengthy rap sheet dating back to when he was a teenager&comma; was high when he shot his victims&comma; police said<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2e2323&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>He was taken into custody with a still warm &period;45 Glock handgun<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;Keith-Kelvin-Moses-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-432046" width&equals;"833" height&equals;"628"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Triple-murder suspect Keith Melvin Moses smirked and smiled as he was taken away in handcuffs after being arrested in connection to the multi-scene crime wave in Orlando&comma; Florida <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The gunman who killed a Florida journalist and a nine-year-old girl after returning to an earlier crime scene was &&num;8216&semi;high&&num;8217&semi; when police arrested him&comma; and is refusing to explain his murderous spree&period; <br>Keith Melvin Moses smirked and smiled as he was taken away in handcuffs after being arrested in connection to the three killings in Orlando&comma; Florida&comma; within hours of his alleged killing spree&period;<br>Moses&comma; 19&comma; is in custody for the murder of Nathacha Augustin&comma; a 38-year-old woman he allegedly shot at 11am yesterday&period; <br>Nathacha was in the passenger seat of Moses&&num;8217&semi; cousin&&num;8217&semi;s car when the cousin spotted him walking down the street&comma; looking &&num;8216&semi;down&&num;8217&semi;&period; The cousin offered to give him a ride and Moses got in the backseat&comma; but then shot Augustin in the chin and fled&period; <br>Local reporter Dylan Lyons and his cameraman Jesse Walden arrived at the scene of the first shooting&comma; preparing to report on it for their nightshift&comma; when Moses is accused of returning to the scene&period;<br>He shot both journalists in their vehicle before walking into a nearby home and shot and killed nine-year-old girl T&&num;8217&semi;Yonna Major&period; The little girl&&num;8217&semi;s mother&comma; Brandi&comma; was also shot and left with critical injuries&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;Keith-Kelvin-Moses-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-432042" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"1116"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>When the gang banger was arrested moments after the third shooting on Wednesday&comma; his gun &&num;8211&semi; a &period;45 Glock handgun &&num;8211&semi; was still &&num;8216&semi;hot to the touch&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8211&semi; <strong>police <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The terror started just after 11am&comma; when a woman&comma; 38&comma; was found dead on the street with shotgun wounds&period;<br>According to an arrest warrant&comma; deputies found Augustin outside the passenger side of a car on the street&comma; where the driver remained on the scene&period; The warrant shows that the driver who was also a witness told deputies he was driving around 10&colon;30 a&period;m&period; when he picked up his friend of about six years&comma; later identified as Augustin&comma; from her home&period; <br>The pair drove around for about 30 minutes when they saw Moses walking north on Hastings Street&comma; deputies said&period; He told deputies Moses &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;seemed down” so he offered the suspect a ride&comma; the warrant reads&period; <br>Moses he said&comma; was sitting directly behind Augustin&comma; when moments later&comma; after a loud bang and saw blood on her&period; The driver called 911 while Moses fled the scene&comma; according to the warrant&period;<br>Then at 4&period;05pm that day &&num;8211&semi; as broadcasters gathered to report the local news &&num;8211&semi; the suspect is believed to have returned and started firing again&period;<br>Police arrested him moments later and said his &period;45 Glock handgun was still &&num;8216&semi;hot to the touch&&num;8217&semi;&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>At a press conference on Thursday&comma; Orange County Sheriff John Mina said Moses is a known gang member who has refused to explain why he committed the murders&comma; but that he appeared to be high when he was arrested&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;When deputies took him down they thought he might be under the influence&nbsp&semi;of some kind of drug but none of that has been confirmed &&num;8211&semi; his eyes were dilated&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Mina said&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;TYonna-Major&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-432091" width&equals;"830" height&equals;"928"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Victims include nine-year-old girl&nbsp&semi;T&&num;8217&semi;Yonna Major &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&period; Her mother was also shot by Moses&comma; but survived&comma; her condition listed as critical <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;Dylan-Lyons-1-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-432076" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"547"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Local TV reporter Dylan Lyons&comma; 24&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was shot and killed while reporting on a fatal shooting in Pine Hills&comma; Florida&comma; on Wednesday&period; He was just six months into his job at Spectrum News 13<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Police took him to the hospital after he complained he &&num;8216&semi;couldn&&num;8217&semi;t breathe&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br>There&comma; he began &&num;8216&semi;fighting with hospital staff&&num;8217&semi; and had to be restrained&period;<br>Once in police custody&comma; Moses &&num;8216&semi;pretended to be asleep&&num;8217&semi; to try to get out of his interview&period;<br>He remains in custody but is refusing to talk to detectives&comma; police said&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Moses is not speaking to us&period; We&&num;8217&semi;re unable to determine a motive at this time&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s unclear why he shot the first victim&comma; why he targeted the folks in the news media and it&&num;8217&semi; unclear why he shot a nine year old and her mother&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;d like to answer this for our community &&num;8211&semi; why did he do this&quest; Why did he shoot these people&quest;<br>&&num;8216&semi;His firearm was empty&comma; thankfully&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m not sure if he would have kept shooting people in that community&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Sheriff Mina said&period;<br>It&&num;8217&semi;s unclear how he obtained the gun<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;Jesse-Walden-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-432075" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"835"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Survivor&colon; Cameraman and photographer Jesse Walden&comma; who was with Lyons at the time&comma; was also shot&period; He remains in the hospital in critical condition&period; Moses also shot T&&num;8217&semi;Yonna Major&&num;8217&semi;s mother and she&&num;8217&semi;s listed in critical condition<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;TYonna-Major-with-her-mother-Brandi-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-432166" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"702"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>T&&num;8217&semi;Yonna Major&&num;8217&semi;s mother Brandi &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; was also shot and critically injured on Wednesday by Keith Moses<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Last night&comma; WESH 2 News reporter Luana Munoz&nbsp&semi;wept on-air as she reported from the hospital where Lyons was confirmed dead&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I apologize&period; This is really difficult to cover&period; It is very emotional here&&num;8230&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;There are people here who knew that reporter&comma; his fiancée and I were just embracing&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;This is every reporter&&num;8217&semi;s worst nightmare&period; We go home at night afraid that something like this will occur&period; One of our own has just passed&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m going to send it back to you guys so I can get myself together&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;Dylan-Lyons-right-with-fiancee-Casey-Lynn-left-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-432073" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"819"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>TV reporter Dylan&nbsp&semi;Lyons &lbrack;right&rsqb; was the second person killed by Keith Moses on Wednesday&period; His fiancée&comma; Casey Lynn &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; wrote&colon; &&num;8216&semi;The love of my life was murdered&period; I will never be the same again&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Lyons&&num;8217&semi; colleagues at Spectrum News 13 also paid tribute to him on-air&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;He took his job very seriously&comma; he loved his career&comma; he loved&nbsp&semi;what he did&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;He loved the community&comma; telling the stories of people&comma; reporting&nbsp&semi;the news&period;&nbsp&semi;He was just passionate about what he did&comma;&&num;8217&semi; his colleague and friend&nbsp&semi;Josh Miller said&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>Anchor Ybeth Bruzual said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;This is a profound loss on so many levels because it&&num;8217&semi;s impacting us at our doorstep&comma; but there is a child that is dead&comma; a mother who is injured&comma; another co-worker who is hospitalized&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;So please bear with us as we also try to process the fact that our co-worker will not be coming to join us here&period; He is gone&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;His family is trying to figure things out&period;&&num;8217&semi;&nbsp&semi;<br>Lyons&&num;8217&semi; heartbroken fiancée took to social media last night to share her grief&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;The love of my life was murdered&period; I will never be the same again&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she said as she shared a link to a <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gofundme&period;com&sol;f&sol;dylan-lyons&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;p&lowbar;cp&plus;share-sheet&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;content&equals;undefined&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;copy&lowbar;link&lowbar;all&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;customer&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;term&equals;undefined" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">GoFundMe page<&sol;a> dedicated to covering his funeral costs&comma; which has raised over &dollar;37&comma;000&comma; surpassing the &dollar;25&comma;000 goal&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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