A 24-year-old TV reporter for Spectrum News was shot and killed yesterday while covering the crime scene of a 20-year-old woman who was murdered in that location in the morning.
The reporter Dylan Lyons was engaged and only four years out of college.
The woman’s killer, 19-year-old suspect Keith Melvin Moses, returned to the location to kill the reporter and critically injure the photojournalist. He then went into a nearby house, killed a 9-year-old girl, and critically injured her mother.
The news station said the reporter and photographer were shot inside their vehicle. Both men were taken to the hospital, where Lyons died, and Walden remains in critical condition.
According to Spectrum News 13, Lyons is a University of Central Florida graduate. He joined the news station in July 2022.
His obituary is already posted. He was described as a dedicated reporter who loved the community.
“He took his job very seriously. He loved his career. He loved what he did,” said Spectrum Sports 360 reporter and friend Josh Miller. “He loved the community, telling the stories of people, reporting on the news, and he was just passionate about what he did.”
Imagine an obituary for this innocent young man who thought yesterday would be just like any other day until a monster appeared.
Yesterday, award-winning reporter at Spectrum News 13 in Orlando, Dylan Lyons, was murdered in a mass shooting in Pine Hills. Dylan was a loving acting father for his niece and nephew and was only 24 years old.
This is part of a video that he made for https://t.co/PryBHGVePG… https://t.co/TMX8r9xDDb pic.twitter.com/LSWOHagBjk
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) February 23, 2023
Say a prayer for Jesse Walden this morning. The News 13 photojournalist was critically injured in the shooting that killed his colleague Dylan Lyons Wednesday. @fox35orlando pic.twitter.com/S9p2x8Tajf
— Ryan Elijah (@ryanelijah) February 23, 2023
Moses is a criminal with a significant rap sheet, including gun charges.
Charter Communications, the parent company of Spectrum 13 News, released the following statement:
Following the shooting death of a member of our Spectrum News 13 crew, our parent company, Charter Communications, has released a statement. pic.twitter.com/oiL4nqLT3E
— Spectrum News 13 (@MyNews13) February 23, 2023
Moses smirked as he was arrested.
Saddening doesn’t describe what Spectrum News 13 is going through tonight in Pine Hills, Florida…
Sickening is what we feel now, more than ever. We are a nation sick with violence.
Orlando ???? pic.twitter.com/PYsd5v4SEi
— The Astute Galoot ™️➿ (@TheAstuteGaloot) February 23, 2023
Yes
Negros are 80% of all crime in America!
Why wouldn’t you want them in your neighbirhood???
Happy nigger after killing more whiteys.
DEATH PENALTY
Amazing a JB kills whites and blacks not a peep from the left wing demorats on gun control. Same thing for the blacks on blacks killing in demorat controlled cities every day and weekend.
But if whitey has a shoot out all hell on gun control.
Sorry I will donate 100 units to anyone in prison to help this JB meet Satan and Epstein.
So now the defense is going to be that this guy is craxy, and he will be held for psych eval.