>> LIVE WITH CLICK, ORLANDO DOT COM AND STREAMING ON NEWS 6. PLUS, THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 11.
>> GETTING RESULTS NOW 11, THE
MAN THAT ORLANDO POLICE SAY
SHOT 2 OF THEIR OFFICERS LATE
LAST NIGHT IS DEAD. AND
DOCTORS SAY THOSE OFFICERS
WILL MAKE A FULL RECOVERY.
GOOD EVENING TO YOU. ERIK VON
ANCKEN. GLAD YOU’RE WITH US
TONIGHT. WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU
THIS STORY AS BREAKING NEWS
LAST NIGHT AT 11. AND IT HAS
BEEN A LONG 24 HOURS FOR THE
OFFICERS FAMILIES. THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY.
AS WE WAITED FOR AN UPDATE ON
THE OFFICER’S INJURIES AND THE
MANHUNT FOR THE SHOOTER NEWS
SIX’S. MOLLY REED STARTS OUR
LIVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT AT
THE ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL
CENTER WHERE THOSE OFFICERS
WERE TAKEN IN CRITICAL
CONDITION AND ANG AND ARE NOW
RECOVERING TONIGHT. MOLLY,
EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW HOW
ARE THEY DOING?
>> WELL, ERIC, WE DO KNOW THAT
THE OFFICER STILL HERE IN THE
HOSPITAL, BUT AGAIN, EXPECTED
TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. AS
YOU SAID, IT’S BEEN A LONG
DAY. IT’S NOW BEEN OFFICIALLY
24 HOURS SINCE HIS OFFICERS
WERE SHOT OF A LONG DAY. NOT
ONLY FOR ORLANDO POLICE BUT
ALL OTHER AGENCIES JOIN IN ON
THIS INVESTIGATION. AGAIN, THE
POLICE CHIEF HAD SAID EARLIER
TODAY BETWEEN THE TIME OF THE
OFFICERS WERE SHOT IN, THE
SUSPECT WAS SHOT. THAT WAS
ROUGHLY 10 HOURS AND THEY WERE
AGENCIES HERE FROM ALL OVER
CENTRAL FLORIDA LOOKING FOR
THAT SUSPECT.
>> THERE ARE PEOPLE RIGHT
THERE. SO HAPPENING. SAID
PERSON THAT’S ON AN OFFICER.
>> YOU KNOW THEIR GOALS. IT
WAS A BUSY FRIDAY NIGHT IN
DOWNTOWN ORLANDO, INTERRUPTED
BY GUNSHOTS. VIDEO OF THE
SHOTS RINGING OUT SENT TO NEWS
6.
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6. ♪ >> THEN YOU SEE THE LIGHTS AND
HEAR THE SIREN.
>> CHIEF ERIC SMITH SAYS
AROUND 11:00PM HIS OFFICERS
STOPPED A CAR NEAR WASHINGTON
STREET AND GARLAND AVENUE.
SMITH SAYS THE OFFICERS WERE
INVESTIGATING A VEHICLE WANTED
IN CONNECTION TO A HOMICIDE IN
MIAMI WHEN THE SUSPECT. 28
YEAR-OLD DAYTON VEILED SHOT 2
OF THE OFFICERS EMERGENCY.
THERE IS ONE MORE PATIENT LEFT
WATER. CAN SUPPORT
>> GEORGE U AFTER THE SHOOTING
OCCURRED. YOU DID TO A
CARJACKING VICTIM OF A
CARJACKING. SO THE VEHICLE
THAT BASICALLY WE WERE
VEHICLES, PURSUIT OF THE
OFFICERS WERE TAKEN TO ORMC.
WHILE POLICE STARTED THE
MANHUNT FOR VALE. ORIGINALLY,
ORLANDO POLICE REPORTED THEY
WERE LOOKING FOR 2 SUSPECTS
BUT LATER DETERMINED THAT
SECOND PERSON WASN’T INVOLVED.
HE SOMEBODY CAME IN CONTACT
WITH THE SCENE OF THE
SHOOTING. MISS AS THE SEARCH
FOR BAIL LED INVESTIGATORS TO
A POP APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE
THEY FOUND THE CARJACKED
VEHICLE.
>> BEN SMITH SAYS THE SWAT
TEAM WENT TO THE HOLIDAY INN
OFF KIRKMAN ROAD IN MAJOR
BOULEVARD BACK IN ORLANDO,
EVACUATING THE GUESTS AROUND
06:00AM SMITH SAYS THE SWAT
TEAM NEW VEIL WAS INSIDE. SO
IT’S BARRICADED HIMSELF IN A
ROOM.
>> SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE
SUSPECT TO SURRENDER MADE
REFUSED TO GIVE AROUND
09:00AM. CHIEF SMITH SAYS
THEY’LL SHOT OF THE SWAT TEAM
WHO RETURNED FIRE AND KILLED
HIM. HE’S ALSO OUT HERE EVERY
PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY. PUT
THEIR LIVES ON THE ON EVERY
DAY TO KEEP US SAFE. FOR SOME
PIECE OF TO DO IS TO BECAUSE
THEY DON’T THEY DON’T WANT TO
GO BACK TO PRISON. RIDICULOUS.
THE OFFICERS IDENTITIES HAVE
NOT BEEN REVEALED. THEY ARE
STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. BOTH
OFFICERS ARE WITH US. THEY’RE
WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
>> WE’VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF
THEM DURING THE NIGHT. AND WE
EXPECT THEM TO TO FULLY
RECOVER FROM THEIR INJURIES.
>> NOW THERE ARE SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
INVESTIGATION. WE STILL HAVE.
THE CHIEF SMITH SAID THAT HE
JUST COULD NOT ANSWER BECAUSE
IT’S STILL AN ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION. ONE IS HOW DID
POLICE TRACK HIM DOWN TO THAT
HOTEL AND THE OTHER IS HOW DID
HE GET THERE? BECAUSE
REMEMBER, THEY DID FIND THAT
CAR BACK IN APOPKA IN ORLANDO.
I’M MOLLY REED GETTING
RESULTS. NEWS 6 AND WE’RE
EXPECTING THOSE ANSWERS OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MOLLY,
THANK YOU. AS WE SAID EARLIER,
NEWS 6 HAS BEEN ON TOP OF
EVERY DEVELOPMENT IN THIS
POLICE SHOOTING.
>> FROM THE MINUTE IT
HAPPENED, AIR COVERAGE STARTED
DURING NEWS 6 AT 11 LAST NIGHT
WEEK. STAYED UP WITH YOU
OVERNIGHT THROUGH NEWS 6
MORNINGS. WE BROUGHT YOU
UPDATES EARLIER. TRAFFIC
SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE
WAS ABLE TO SHARE UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE ON THE CRIME
SCENE. THANKS TO HIS YEARS IN
LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE TOOK
PLACE OUT HERE.
>> IS A LITTLE MINDBLOWING
BECAUSE IT SHOWS HOW MANY
BULLETS WERE EXCHANGED IN
DOWNTOWN. SAY CHANGED. WE DO
NOT KNOW WHETHER LOT ORLANDO
POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO
FIRE BACK, BUT YOU’RE YOU’RE
SEEING SHOTS ON THE CURB.
YOU’RE SEEING SHOTS ON A WALL.
YOU’RE SEEING HIGHER INTO