WESH correspondent Luana Munoz broke down in tears on live camera while covering the Pine Hills shooting that claimed the life of fellow journalist Dylan Lyons from News 13.Munoz was doing a live shot outside an Orlando hospital Wednesday night shortly after she heard that Lyons was one of three victims fatally shot by suspect Keith Melvin Moses in a mass attack that left 2 others critically wounded. The surviving victims had been admitted to the hospital, among whom was Spectrum News photojournalist Jesse Walden.
Also Read | Who was Dylan Lyons? News 13 reporter killed covering Pine Hills mass shooting scene
Her voice cracked as Munoz began her report. She was also seen wiping a tear from her eye. She said, “I apologize. This is really difficult to cover. This is every reporter’s absolutely worst nightmare. We go home at night afraid that something like this will occur and that is what happened here.”
https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1628748799295492097
She refused to pan the camera to get a wider shot of the hospital and the people gathered in the vicinity. She said that most of the people knew Lyons and she was also familiar with his fiance. She appreciated the solidarity shown by people in the media in the wake of the tragic loss.
According to Orange County Sheriff John Mina, Moses shot and killed a woman he was acquainted with inside a vehicle and fled late Wednesday morning. Lyons and Walden showed up at the scene to cover the slaying for Spectrum 13 News when Moses allegedly returned to the scene and shot the journalists. Lyons was killed at the scene and Walden was gravely injured.
The suspect then allegedly slipped inside a neighborhood home and shot a mother and her 9-year-old daughter. While the mother was critically injured, the child died. He was arrested and charged with murder and possession of a firearm. Additional charges are pending. A motive has not been determined yet. Police believe Moses had no connection to the journalists, the mother, and her daughter.
