Orlando police update on downtown shooting | Full speech
Downtown Orlando shooting: Full press conference
Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith and State Attorney Andrew Bain, who is running to keep his job in the November election, held a press conference on Friday morning to discuss a deadly mass shooting downtown. A 17-year-old suspect shot and killed 2 people and injured 6 others, Smith said.
Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith and Florida State Attorney Andrew Baine held a Friday morning press conference to provide updates on a deadly shooting downtown. Watch the press conference in the player above.
Two people were killed, and six others were hurt, Chief Smith said, bringing the total victims to eight.
A 17-year-old boy armed with a handgun was taken into custody, he said. A motive in the shooting was not immediately known.
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