YOU
YOU CAN
YOU CAN SEE JUST ONE OF THE ORLANDO POLICE OFFICER
VEHICLES BLOCKING THE WAY HERE
AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE
EMERGENCY ENTRANCE AT ORLANDO
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. BUT I
CAN TELL WHAT, WE CAN'T SHOW
YOU IS THE EXTREMELY LARGE
POLICE PRESENCE THAT IS HERE
OUTSIDE OF THE E R. WE HAVE
SEEN A NUMBER OF OFFICERS
STAGED OUT HERE AND OFFICERS
CONTINUE TO PULL UP. EVEN AS I
STAND HERE TALKING TO YOU. BUT
I WANT DIAL THIS BACK JUST A
LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I WANT TO
WALK YOU AND AND OUR VIEWERS
THROUGH WHAT WE WHAT WE
EXPERIENCED HERE TONIGHT. AS
YOU SAID, WE WERE THERE AT THE
POLICE SUBSTATION ON
WASHINGTON AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN
ORLANDO. WHEN ALL OF THIS
HAPPENED, WE STARTED OUR
NIGHT. I'M WORKING ON AN
UNRELATED WITH ORLANDO POLICE.
WE WERE THERE FOR A BRIEFING
WITH THOSE POLICE OFFICERS WHO
ARE PREPARING TO PATROL FOR
THE NIGHT. I HAVE BEEN FITTED
WITH A BULLETPROOF VEST AS
WELL AS MY PHOTOGRAPHER FOR
OUR SAFETY. NOT ANTICIPATING
THAT ANYTHING LIKE THIS WOULD
HAPPEN. BUT THE OFFICERS WENT
THROUGH THERE VERY ROUTINE
BRIEFING. WE WATCHED OFFICERS
START TO LEAVE THAT
SUBSTATION. ALL OF A SUDDEN WE
HEARD THIS PANIC. THERE HAS
BEEN A SHOOTING. MOMENTS
LATER. OFFICER START RUSHING
OUT. I PEEKED MY HEAD OUT OF
THE DOOR OF THAT SUBSTATION.
AND AS I DID THAT, I SAW
OFFICERS APPEARING TO ENGAGE
SOMEONE IS I KNOW THEY'VE DONE
BECAUSE THROUGH MY EXPERIENCE,
I'VE SEEN OFFICER-INVOLVED
SHOOTER TRAINING. AND SO I
KNOW WHAT THAT ENGAGEMENT
LOOKS LIKE. I SEE OFFICERS
ENGAGING SOMEONE THERE ALONG
THE RAILROAD TRACKS JUST ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT
SUBSTATION ON WASHINGTON
STREET. MOMENTS LATER, I HEARD
THE GUNFIRE. SURREAL.
SOMETHING I HAVE NEVER
EXPERIENCED BEFORE IN MY NEAR
20 YEAR COURIER AS A
JOURNALIST, WE WERE
IMMEDIATELY TOLD TO GET BACK
INSIDE OF THE SUBSTATION ON MY
PHOTOGRAPHER, MATT MILANO AND
I WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE
THAT AFTER THE ASBESTOS. STAY
INSIDE OF THE BUILDING. WE
ACTUALLY WERE RECORDING
UNINTENTIONALLY, BUT WE WERE
RECORDING WHAT WAS HAPPENING
AS THE OFFICER START TO RUSH
OUT AND YOU SEE POLICE CHIEF
ERIC SMITH RUSH OUT. HE WAS
THERE WITH THE OFFICERS. THEY
RUSHED OUT TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AS YOU
HEARD NIC HAPPENED, TONY, SAY
WE DO KNOW THAT AN OFFICER IS
BEING TREATED HERE AT ORLANDO
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. WE
DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE
OFFICER'S CONDITION. WE ARE
ALSO WAITING TO LEARN MORE THE
THE SUSPECT INVOLVED IN ALL OF
THIS. I CAN TELL YOU AS WE
WERE THERE AT THAT SUBSTATION,
WE SAW MORE OFFICERS AS NICK
HAPPENED TO DESCRIBED COMING
TO THAT AREA. BUT WE ALSO I'M
MATT MILANO, MY PHOTOGRAPHER
AND I WE SAW A HUGE POLICE
PRESENCE ON I-FOUR. THAT'S
BECAUSE WE WE WERE TOLD WHILE
WE WERE THERE AT THAT SCENE
THAT THEY BELIEVE THE SUSPECT
HAD GOING EAST ON. I-4. AND SO
YOU SAW JUST A BARRAGE OF
POLICE OFFICERS RACING DOWN
I-FOUR FOR AT LEAST WHAT MATT,
20, 30 DURING OUR TIME DOWN
THERE. AND MARTHA, HEARING.
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE
CERTAINLY WITH THESE OFFICERS.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THESE OFFICERS IN
THEIR FACE AND YOU THEY WALK
OUT USE-BY SAFETY. NEVER THINK
THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN
HAPPEN. JUST MOMENTS LATER, IT
A VERY STERN REMINDER OF THE
DANGER THAT THEY PUT
THEMSELVES IN EVERY SINGLE
NIGHT WHEN A PATROL OUR
STREETS. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE
HAS BEEN SO MUCH TALK LATELY
OF. THE CRIME THAT SEEMS TO BE
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. >> DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN
DOWNTOWN ORLANDO. AND AGAIN,
AS CHARLIE JUST SAID, AND
AGAIN, DARLENE, WE'RE SO GLAD
THAT YOU AND YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER
OKAY FOR WHAT YOU JUST
EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, THEIR
ONGOING TALK MORE ATTENTION,
THE SECURITY GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANT TO CHIME IN
THERE. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT
THAT UP. YOU KNOW, PART OF THE
PEACE AND WE WERE DOWN THERE
WITH THEM WAS TO SHOW SHOW
WHAT'S HAPPENING. BUT WHAT IS
INTERESTING IS THAT. CRIME
OVERALL IN ORLANDO IS DOWN.
AND EVEN AS MATT MILANO AND I
WERE DRIVING IN TO GO AND MEET
THE OFFICERS DOWN THERE WHERE
WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, WE WE
HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD A WHOLE
LOT ABOUT ANYTHING REALLY
VIOLENT GOING ON IN THE
IMMEDIATE DOWNTOWN AREA IN A
WHILE. AND THEN THIS HAPPENS.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT ONE
THING THAT WE HAVE LEARNED
THROUGH OUR RESEARCH AND
REPORTING IN SOMETHING WE
REPORTED ON A RECENTLY AND
WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE INTO
OUR REPORTING IS THE NUMBER OF
GUNS THAT THEY ARE
CONFISCATING IN DOWNTOWN
ORLANDO. IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM.
THE POLICE CHIEF TOLD US AS
MUCH WHEN YOU HEAR WE LISTEN
TO THE BRIEFING. THE SURGEON
IS TELLING THE OFFICERS BE
CAREFUL IF YOU SEE SOMETHING
SUSPICIOUS, YOU DO SOMETHING.
YOU DEAL WITH IT AND THAT
MOMENT DON'T ALLOW IT TO
FESTER BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING
SO HARD TO GET AND KEEP THE
CRIME DOWNTOWN UNDER. CAN TRY
CAN TELL YOU JUST AN IDLE
LOAN. THEY HAD. WHAT 45
OFFICERS ON PATROL IN DOWNTOWN
ORLANDO JUST VERIFYING WITH
MATT MILANO HERE WHO'S BEEN
HERE WITH ME ALL NIGHT. 45
OFFICERS ON PATROL. THAT IS A
HUGE POLICE PRESENCE. AND THAT
INCLUDES OFFICERS WHO WERE
ALSO ON BIKE. AND SO A
DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN A PRIORITY
AND THEY HAVE MADE SOME
HEADWAY. BUT I WILL TELL YOU,