

Jeff German, who covered politics and corruption for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, was found dead outside his home in September after being stabbed multiple times.
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Worldwide, 40 journalists were reported killed last year, plus another two this year before Wednesday, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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The phrase “constitutional carry” refers to the view that the right to bear arms guaranteed by the Second Amendment negates any need for a permit or license to carry a gun in public, either openly or concealed. In recent months, DeSantis has expressed support for constitutional carry legislation, which would eliminate the requirement for concealed weapons permits in Florida. Earlier this week, the Republican governor and likely 2024 presidential candidate made stops in three major Democratic metro areas - New York, Philadelphia and Chicago - to extol tough-on-crime laws that he has signed in Florida and to criticize “woke” culture and anti-police sentiment. Ron DeSantis hasn’t publicly commented on the shooting. “The president continues to call on Congress to act on gun safety, and for state officials to take action at the state level.”įlorida Gov. “Too many lives are being ripped apart by gun violence,” she said. Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, said “our hearts go out” to the families of those killed in Wednesday’s shooting Earlier, Mina said Moses had faced at least two gun-related charges as a juvenile, including possession of a firearm by a minor and armed robbery.

Worrell said she was prohibited by Florida law from discussing any juvenile charges Moses might have faced. “This individual’s only adult offense was a possession of marijuana, 4.6 grams of marijuana, that my office did not charge because when you have a quantity that low, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement does not test the substance, and that means the state’s attorneys office cannot prove the case,” she said. Worrell said her office had received multiple calls asking why Moses was not in custody from previous offenses. Officials have not released the mother’s name.ĭuring Thursday’s news conference, State Attorney Monique H. 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.
