>> WITH CLICK, ORLANDO DOT COM. THIS IS NEWS 6 AT NOON. GETTING RESULTS.
>> BRIDGETT: STRAIGHT TO
BREAKING NEWS AT NOON, ORLANDO
POLICE RELEASING NEW
INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHAOS AT
LAKE EOLA IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO
DURING A FIREWORKS SHOW LAST
NIGHT. A SHOOTING SCARE SENT
PEOPLE RUNNING THE CHIEF OF
POLICE SAYS THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE THERE WAS ANY
SHOOTING. THANKS FOR JOINING
US THIS NOON. I’M BRIDGETT
ELLISON AND I’M JUSTIN
WARMOTH. 12 PEOPLE WERE HURT
IN THAT PANIC. LAST NIGHT,
THOUGH, THE WHOLE THING
UNFOLDING AS THOUSANDS WERE
GATHERED AROUND LAKE EOLA.
>> BRIDGETT: TO WATCH
FIREWORKS AT THE FOUNTAIN.
NOW, POLICE ARE NOW FOCUSING
THEIR INVESTIGATION AND THE
AREA OF CENTRAL BOULEVARD JUST
EAST OF ROSALIND. THEY BELIEVE
THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE STARTED
RUNNING. LET’S GET OUT TO NEWS
SIX’S ERIK VON ANCKEN LIVE AT
LAKE EOLA PARK.
>> JUSTIN: SO ERIC, THE CHIEF
RELEASED NEW VIDEO OF THE
MOMENT WHEN THAT CHAOS
ERUPTED.
>> RIGHT. JUST AND SO JUST IN
THE PAST 2 HOURS WE HEARD FROM
THE POLICE CHIEF AT OPD
HEADQUARTERS STARTING TO GIVE
US SOME ANSWERS AS TO WHAT THE
HECK ACTUALLY HAPPENED LAST
NIGHT THAT ENDED UP
ESSENTIALLY CAUSING CHAOS,
MASS PANIC AND ROUTING THE
FIREWORKS FOR SO MANY PEOPLE.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN
A SECOND. WE’RE GOING TO SHOW
YOU SOME OF THE VIDEO THAT THE
CHIEF GAVE US. AND REALLY WHAT
HE’S SAYING IS THIS VIDEO
COMES FROM HIS CRIME CENTER.
THEY SPENT ALL MORNING PICKING
APART THE BEST SHOTS, TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHO DID WHAT IF
SOMEONE DID SOMETHING AND
WHERE THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
SO LET’S PLAY THE VIDEO RIGHT
HERE IN THE FIRST CLIP SHOWS.
>> SOME SORT OF FLASH THAT THE
CHIEF BELIEVES IS NOT THE
FIREWORKS COMING FROM LAKE
EOLA. HE SUSPECTS PERHAPS THIS
IS FIREWORKS COMING FROM
SOMEWHERE ELSE. THE SECOND
THING THE CHIEF SHOWED US WAS
HE SAID BEFORE ANYONE STARTED
RUNNING. THERE WERE 2 PEOPLE
INDIVIDUALLY WHO WHO SEEM TO
BE KIND OF JOGGING THROUGH THE
CROWD AS IF THEY WERE IN A
HURRY. BOTH WITH 40’S ON ANY
SAYS THIS WAS SUSPICIOUS
BECAUSE ONE PEOPLE HAVE
STARTED RUNNING AND 2 BECAUSE
THESE PEOPLE CAUGHT THE
ATTENTION OF FOLKS WHO WERE
JUST SITTING THERE LOOKING AT
THE LAKE INSTEAD OF HAVING 2
PEOPLE WALK BY THEM. SO THE
CHIEF SAYS HE’D LIKE TO TALK
TO THOSE 2 PEOPLE. AND THEN
THE OTHER VIDEO, THE CHIEF
SHOWED US LOTS OF CLIPS OF
PEOPLE REALLY JUST PANICKING
AS WE SAT IN. AND IT REALLY
GIVES I RELIED IA OF WHAT WHAT
PEOPLE WERE FEELING LAST NIGHT
WHEN THIS THING HAPPENED, THAT
CAUSE PEOPLE TO PANIC, TO SEND
THEM RUNNING. WE’VE GOT
REPORTS OF PEOPLE JUMPING IN
THE LAKE TO GET AWAY FROM
WHATEVER THEY THOUGHT WAS
HAPPENING OR HAD JUST HAPPENED
ARE ABOUT TO HAPPEN. THE VIDEO
EVEN SHOWS SOMEONE JUMPING
OVER A BUSH AND FALLING DOWN.
SO I ASKED THE CHIEF POINT
BLANK, WHAT DOES HE THINK?
WHAT IS HE FEELING LIKE
HAPPENED? IF YOU HAD TO PUT IF
YOU HAVE TO WRAP HIS HEAD THE
OF THE INCIDENTS LAST NIGHT,
CUMULATIVELY, WHAT DOES HE
THINK HAPPENED?
>> WHAT THE SUSPECT IN YOUR
GOD, YOU KNOW, THERE’S A LOT
OF VIDEOS, A LOT OF THEORIES.
WHAT YOU THINK HAPPENED. BUT
IT ALL TOGETHER LIKE I
PERSONALLY BELIEVE IS THAT.
SOMETHING DEFINITELY TRIGGER
SOMEONE TO BULLY AWAY FROM A
SPECIFIC SPOT WHICH THEN CROSS
A CHAIN REACTION THAT COST THE
MASSES TO DO THE SAME BECAUSE
OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED EARLIER
TODAY THAT STILL STUCK TO
THEIR MINDS.
>> AND OF COURSE, THE CHIEF
REFERRING TO THE MASS SHOOTING
THAT WERE REPORTED ON ALL
AFTERNOON YESTERDAY NEAR
CHICAGO IN HIGHLAND PARK. SO
THE CHIEF SAYS RIGHT NOW IN
ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL
AND FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY
HAPPENED. HE WANTS TO GET
VIDEO FROM EVERYBODY. IN FACT,
HE’S CREATING A SPECIAL LINK
ON OPD IS WEBSITE WHERE YOU
CAN JUST SEND YOUR VIDEO IF
YOU HAPPEN TO BE AROUND THE
AREA AND RECORDED SOMETHING
HAPPENING. HE WOULD VERY MUCH
LIKE TO SEE THAT. THE OTHER
THING HE SAYS IS IF THIS WAS
INTENTIONAL AND IF THIS WAS
CRIMINAL, HE PLANS TO CHARGE
WHOEVER DID IT BECAUSE LIKE WE
TOLD YOU, THERE WERE SOME 12
PEOPLE INJURED. 3 FAMILIES
WERE STILL NOT REUNITED AS OF
LAST NIGHT RIGHT AROUND
MIDNIGHT. HE NOW CONFIRMED ALL
OF THE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN
REUNITED. SO WE WILL CONTINUE
TO GATHER INFORMATION AND GET
ANSWERS FOR YOU WHEN WE SEE
AGAIN STARTING AT 4 FOR NOW
LIVE AT LAKE EOLA, ERIK VON