LEARNING MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE GUNMAN CHARGED IN A DEADLY SHOOTING SPREE AT 3 SPAS AND
HIS PLANS TO DO SOMETHING
SIMILAR HERE IN FLORIDA. BUT
FIRST, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
HONORS A FALLEN POLICE OFFICER
WITH A PROCESSION THROUGH LAKE
AND ORANGE COUNTIES AND
TRIBUTES ARE POURING IN AS WE
LEARN MORE ABOUT PLANS FOR HIS
FUNERAL. THIS IS NEWS 6 AT
NOON. THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I’M BRIDGETT ELLISON AND I’M
LOUIS BOLDEN JUSTIN WARMOTH
WILL BE IN LATER THIS EVENING.
OFFICER KEVIN VALENCIA DIED
MONDAY NEARLY 3 YEARS AFTER
BEING SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY
AND NEWS SIX’S JERRY ASKIN IS
LIVE IN ORLANDO NOW WHERE HE
WAS BROUGHT TO THE FUNERAL
HOME THIS MORNING. GERRI.
>> A BRIDGE A GOOD MORNING TO
GOOD MORNING, LOU IS WELL,
GOOD AFTERNOON. I SHOULD SAY,
REALLY AN AMAZING SIGHT TO FOR
HERO. OFFICER KEVIN VALENCIA.
IT REALLY WAS AN EMOTIONAL
MOMENT HERE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO
WHEN HIS BODY WAS BROUGHT HERE
TO THIS FUNERAL HOME ABOUT AN
HOUR AGO. AS I MENTIONED, HIS
BODY IS NOW HERE AT BALDWIN
FAIRCHILD AT CHAPEL HILL
FUNERAL HOME TO PREPARE FOR
HIS FUNERAL NEXT WEDNESDAY AT
ORLANDO’S FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
THAT’S GOING TO SHOW YOU ALL.
SOME VIDEO WE SHOT HERE IN THE
PAST HALF HOUR OR SO. WE WERE
THERE AS PALL BEARERS FROM OPD
BROUGHT HIS BODY INSIDE JUST
ABOUT 45 MINUTES AGO. HERE’S
SOME VIDEO WHEN OPD OFFICERS
MADE THEIR WAY TO THIS ORLANDO
FUNERAL HOME AGAIN, MORE THAN
2 DOZEN OFFICERS IN THIS
PROCESSION MAKING THEIR WAY
HERE TO ORLANDO FROM LAKE
COUNTY WHERE THE OFFICER’S
BODY WAS COMING FROM THERE AT
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE.
CHIEF ARE ALONE WAS HERE AS
WELL AS OFFICER VALENCIA SQUAD
MATES TALKING ABOUT THE HERO.
OFFICER KEVIN VALENCIA WHO
DIED MONDAY AFTER A NEARLY
THREE-YEAR BATTLE TRYING TO
RECOVER AFTER VALENCIA WAS
SHOTS RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC
SITUATION IN JUNE OF 2018.
>> WE HAVE OUR TIME. WE’RE
GRIEVING. WE WILL HAVE OUR
TIME TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE ON
WEDNESDAY. BUT I WILL CONTINUE
TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS JUST
LIKE WE ALWAYS HAVE IS THIS IS
TOUGH. LET’S TALK. BUT REST
ASSURED THAT WE’LL BE DOING
GREAT JOB THAT THEY ALWAYS DO.
ASSURED THAT WE’LL BE DOING
GREAT JOB THAT THEY ALWAYS DO. >> GEORGE: This is George Gray >> A LOT OF EMOTIONS OFFICER
KEVIN VALENCIA FAMILY
NATURALLY SO REMAINS. THEY’RE
ASKING FOR PRIVACY AND WORKING
THIS STORY GETTING NEW
REACTION FOR NEWS. 6 BEGINNING
AT 4. WE’RE LIVE HERE IN
ORLANDO. I’M JERRY ASKIN
GETTING RESULTS NEWS, 6 JERRY,
>> GEORGE: This is George Gray THANK YOU.
>> OF COURSE, WE WANT TO GET
RIGHT OVER TO TROOPER. STEVE
MONTIERO FOR SOME PERSPECTIVE
ON THIS PROCESSIONAL AND JOINS
US LIVE FROM THE STUDIO WITH
THIS. AND THIS WAS EMOTIONAL.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN
NEXT YOU KNOW, IT’S WE’RE
GOING TO SEE A LOT OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS AND CHEAPER LOAN
SENATE. SO RIGHT, IT’S TOUGH.
WHAT WE’RE GOING TO GO THROUGH
HERE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT
COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IN
CENTRAL FLORIDA. SO WE DID SEE
THE PROCESSION GET FROM LAKE
COUNTY. HERE TO ORANGE. AND
NOW YOU WON’T SEE OFFICER
VALENCIA MOVED AGAIN UNTIL
NEXT WEDNESDAY. BUT THERE WILL
BE A LOT OF DIGNITARY ESCORTS
KIND OF PERTAINING TO ALL THIS
AS FAMILY BEGINS TO COME INTO
TOWN AND STUFF LIKE THAT HERE,
THAT FAMILY WON’T HAVE
ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, THEY’RE PREPPING FOR
WEDNESDAY. SO THERE’LL BE A
LOT OF MOVEMENT AROUND.
THEY’LL BE A LOT OF
PREPARATION, A LOT OF MEETINGS
INTO UNFORTUNATELY, A FUNERAL.
BUT ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
HONORS THAT YOU CAN PAY TO AN
OFFICER WHO DIES IN THE LINE
OF DUTY. AND STEVE, HOW MANY
PEOPLE DO YOU EXPECT TO BE
INVOLVED IN THIS. YOU KNOW,
WE’RE GOING TO SEE A IF NOT
HUNDREDS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS. AND THEN COME NEXT
WEDNESDAY. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ME,
WILL WE SEE THE EXACT KIND OF
TURNOUT THAT WE NORMALLY DO
FOR A FUNERAL. AND THAT’S JUST
BECAUSE IT’S BEEN 3 YEARS
SINCE THAT SHOOTING AND I CAN
COUNT ON ME PROBABLY SEE THAT
10 BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS THAT
OFFICER VALENCIA WENT THROUGH
THIS WHOLE REHABILITATION
PROCESS AND THEN THE AMOUNT OF
LIVES THAT HE TOUCHED
THROUGHOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, WE
KEEP REFERRING TO THE TERM
HERO AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
HE HE IS. AND YOU THINK ABOUT
IT. THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES
THAT CALLS HAVING NO IDEA
WHAT’S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. IN
ORDER TO KIND OF STOP ANY
DANGER. AND THAT’S WHAT HE WAS
TRYING TO DO WHEN HE WAS SHOT.
WE’RE GOING TO HONOR HIM
EXACTLY THE WAY A HERO SHOULD
BE NEXT WEDNESDAY. ALL RIGHT.
THANKS. TROOPER, STEVE. AND
WE’LL HAVE MORE COVERAGE ON
OFFICER VALENCIA AND HIS