{"id":107713,"date":"2024-11-02T00:03:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T00:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/2-killed-several-hurt-in-halloween-night-shooting-in-orlando-mayor-announces-local-state-of-emergency\/"},"modified":"2024-11-02T00:03:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T00:03:48","slug":"2-killed-several-hurt-in-halloween-night-shooting-in-orlando-mayor-announces-local-state-of-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/2-killed-several-hurt-in-halloween-night-shooting-in-orlando-mayor-announces-local-state-of-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"2 killed, several hurt in Halloween night shooting in Orlando, mayor announces local state of emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-11-01\/News_OrlandoShooting_110124.png\" alt><figcaption>WFTV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(ORLANDO, Fl) &#8212; The mayor of Orlando, Florida, is cracking down in the city&#8217;s entertainment district after two people were killed and several others injured in a Halloween night shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, 17-year-old Jaylen Dwayne Edgar, has been taken into custody, Orlando police said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to reports of shots fired just after 1 a.m. Friday, and within minutes, the officers witnessed a second shooting, police said.<\/p>\n<p>One person was killed at the first scene and the second victim was killed at the second scene, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Nine people, aged 18 to 39, were injured, some critically, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect walked by more than 10 officers just before opening fire, Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance video captured the chaos of people fleeing the scene as officers apprehended the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Edgar has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder with a firearm and six counts of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm, police said.<\/p>\n<p>A motive is unknown, Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said he&#8217;s issuing a local state of emergency for establishments in the downtown entertainment area, which will ban alcohol sales after midnight and implement a curfew from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s unfortunate that the changes in the state concealed weapons laws [in 2023] have made it even easier for people to carry guns,&#8221; Dyer said at a news conference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can legally carry a firearm unless you fall into a certain kind of category: underage, convicted felon,&#8221; Smith explained. &#8220;For most people, it allows them, without getting a concealed weapons permit, to carry a gun concealed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>ABC News&#8217; Jason Volack contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WFTV (ORLANDO, Fl) &#8212; The mayor of Orlando, Florida, is cracking down in the city&#8217;s entertainment district after two people were killed and several others injured in a Halloween night shooting. The suspect, 17-year-old Jaylen Dwayne Edgar, has been taken into custody, Orlando police said. Officers responded to reports of<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/2-killed-several-hurt-in-halloween-night-shooting-in-orlando-mayor-announces-local-state-of-emergency\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}