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BRING IT TO YOU LIVE RIGHT HERE
ON NEWS 6, MORE NOW ON THE TOP
STORY IN THE PAST HOUR, THE
POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED A KILLER,
GOOD EVENING, TO YOU, AND THANK
YOU FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT.
CHRIS TINA, A YOU TUBE STAR AND
A FORMER CONTESTANT ON THE VOICE
WAS SHOT TO DEATH LAST NIGHT BY
A MAN ACCORDING TO THE POLICE
RIGHT HERE, THEY JUST GAVE US
HIS NAME AND HIS PICTURE.
THEY SAY KEVIN LOBEL IS 27 YEARS
OLD, FROM SAINT PETTERS BURG AND
DROVE TO ORLANDO, ARMED WITH TWO
GUNS AND A HUNTING KNIFE, THE
POLICE TOLD US THAT HE WENT
AFTER HER AFTER SHE WAS SKIENING
AUTOGRAPHS AFTER HER SHOW ENDED.
MOMENTS LATER, HER BROTHER
TACKLED THE SHOOTER, ABOUT YOU
THAT SHOOTER WAS ABLE TO SHOOT
AND KILL HIMSELF.
THIS ALL HAPPENED BEFORE 10:30,
AT THE PLAZA LIVE, CONCERT VENUE
AND THERE WERE 150 PEOPLE STILL
THERE AT THE TIME.
THE REPORTER BRITNEY, HARRIS IS
THERE LIVE NOW, MAKING HER
DEBUT, WITH NEWS SIX TONIGHT.
BRITNEY EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW,
HAVE THE POLICE SAID ANYTHING?
>> WELL, GOOD EVENING, ERIC, THE
POLICE HAVE NOT GIVEN A MOTIVE
AT THIS POINT, WE ARE TOLD THAT
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR HIS PHONE
AND COMPUTER.
THE ORLANDO POLICE ARE
CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE, AFTER
THE TRAGIC DEATH OF CRITINA THE
KINGER WHO ROSE TO FAME ON YOU
TUBE AND WAS A CONTESTANT ON THE
VOICE WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT THE
PLAZA LIVE IN OR LAN DA, SHE WAS
PERFORMING HERE WITH THE BAND.
>> ABOUT 10:30 LAST NIGHT, WE
RECEIVED MULTIPLE CALLS ABOUT
THE SHOTS BEING FIRED.
FROM INSIDE THE PLAZA, AND THE
OFFICERS RESPONDED WITHIN TWO
MINUTES, AND IMMEDIATELY
CLEARED, THE SCENE AND SECURED
THE SCENE.
>> ORLANDO POLICE CHIEF SAYS
FROM WHAT THEY KNOW SO FAR, SHE
WAS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR FANS,
FROM 27-YEAR-OLD KEVIN GAME UP
AND SHOT HER, GRIMMIE BROTHER
TACKLED HIM TO THE GROUND,
SHORTLY AFTER THAT, HE KILLED
HIMSELF.
AND THIS WITNESS DESCRIBED WHAT
HE SAW.
>> I TURNED THE CORNER AND I SEE
THIS POOR GIRL, GETTING
COMPRESSIONS DONE TO HER AND SHE
WAS BLEEDING FROM THE BACK OF
HER HEAD AND I GOT TO LOOK AND
MAYBE A FEW DEGREES TO MY RIGHT,
AND THERE IS A GENTLEMAN FACE
DOWN.
>> AND SAYS THAT THEY FOUND TWO
HAND GUNS AND TWO LOADED
MAGAZINES AND A HUNTING KNIFE,
AS FOR A MOTIVE THAT IS UNCLEAR
RIGHT NOW.
IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT HE KNEW
HER PERSONALLY.
AND THE POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED
THAT HE IS FROM SAINT PETERSBURG
FLORIDA.
>> THE SUSPECT TRAVELED TO
ORLANDO APPARENTLY TO COMMIT
THIS CRIME AND HAD PLANS TO
TRAVEL BACK TO WHERE HE CAME
FROM.
>> Anchor: AND POLICE ARE NOT
RELEASING ANY OTHER DETAILS
ABOUT KEVIN, AND WE ARE HOPING
TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON WHO
HE IS AND WHY HE DID THIS
TONIGHT AT ELEVEN
>> Anchor: THAT IS THE BIG
QUESTION, LIVE FOR US AND
WELCOME BY THE WAY, THANK YOU.
>> AND SHE PERFORMED LAST NIGHT
WITH THE LOCAL BAND, YOU HEARD
HER SAY THIS, CALLED BEFORE YOU
EXIT, THIS IS A MUSIC VIDEO OF
THE GROUP, THEY WERE NOT HURT
AND TWEETED OVER NIGHT, SAYING
THAT TODAY WE LOST AN ANGEL AND
A SISTER AND A BELOVED FRIEND
AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY, A NUMBER
OF PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED BY,
LEAVING FLOWERS AND NOTES AND
EVEN A CROSS AT WHAT HAS BECOME
RIGHT THERE A MEMORIAL, WE SPOKE
WITH ONE FAN WHO SAYS, ONE
MEMBER OR ONE MEMBER OF THAT
BAND RAN BACK INSIDE THE
BUILDING TELLING FANS TO GET
OUT, WHILE THE SHOTS WERE GOING
OFF.
>> NO ONE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
THEY ONLY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON
WHEN MCDUNA FROM THE BAND, HE
JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO TAKE HIM AWAY.
AND JUMPS OUT OF THE CAR AND
RUNS BACK TO THE VAN AND TELLS,
RUN, AND KEEP GOING, AND DON'T
LOOK BACK AND KEEP GOING.
>> AND WE ARE ALSO DIGGING TO
FIND OUT WHAT TYPE OF SECURITY
MEASURES WERE IN PLACE AT THE
PLAZA AND HOW DID THAT GUNMAN
GET INSIDE WITH TWO LOADED GUNS,
TWO LOADED MAGAZINES AND ONE
LARGE KNIFE?
AND NEWS SIX CASTRO CONTINUES
OUR TEAM COVERAGE.
>> SIGNS POSTED AT THE ENTRANCE
TO THE PLAZA LIVE, SAY THAT THE
CONCEALED WEAPONS ARE BANNED,
THE ORLANDO POLICE, SAYS THAT
THE SECURITY CONDUCTS SEARCHS
BEFORE ANYONE IS ALLOWED INSIDE.
>> THE PLAZA DOES HAVE THE
SECURITY GUARDS AND THEY ARE
UNARMED AND THEY DO CHECK THE
BAGS AND PURSES AS THE PEOPLE
ENTER.
>> BUT THE CHIEF SAYS THAT THE
VENUE DOES NOT HAVE METAL
DETECTORS AND THE STAFF DID NOT
PAT DOWN THE PEOPLE BEFORE
LETTING THEM IN.
>> I AM NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW HE
GOT THE GUNS IN THE SVEN YOU
HAVE, AND THAT IS ALL PART OF
THE INVESTIGATION.
>> THE GUNMAN, FATALLY SHOT HER,
AFTER HER PERFORMANCE LAST
NIGHT, THE CHIEF TELLS NEWS SIX,
THE VENUE DID NOT HAVE ANY OFF
DUTY OFFICERS, THERE TO HELP
WITH SECURITY.
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
YOUNG KIDS AND THIS IS A CROWD
THAT YOU WOULD SUSPECT WOULD BE
CARRYING GUNS AND ANYTHING LIKE
THIS.
>> HE ADDS HIS DEPARTMENT HAS
NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS
VENUE BEFORE.
>> NO, WE HAVE NEVER HAD AN
ISSUE HERE THAT I AM AWARE OF,
ESPECIALLY ANYTHING OF THIS
MAGNITUDE.
>> THE PLAZA LIVE, RELEASED A
STATEMENT, SAYING THAT THE
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH
THE FAMILIES OF THOSE LOST, AS
WELL AS THE 120 PEOPLE, INSIDE
OF THE VENUE THATNESSED WITH THE
SHOOTING.
>> THEY CANCELLED TONIGHT'S PERM
FORANS, AS WELL AS OTHER PLANNED