The victims of the deadly Pine Hills shooting have been identified as 9-year-old T’yonna Major, journalist Dylan Lyons, 24, and a 38-year-old woman named Nathacha Augustin. The victims were fatally shot in the Pine Hills subdivision, just northwest of Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday. The alleged shooter has been identified as 19-year-old Keith Melvin Moses. Major’s mother and a photojournalist were also injured in the shooting.
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T’yonna major was a third-gender at Pine Hills Elementary School. In messages sent to families and posted to social media, the principal and district superintendent expressed their grief and support, and the principal remembered the girl’s infectious smile.
T’yonna’s mother and a photojournalist also were severely injured in the shooting in the Pine Hills subdivision, just northwest of Orlando, Florida.
The reporter Dylan Lyons, 24, was covering the fatal shooting of Nathacha Augustin, 38, in Pine Hills, west of Orlando, at the time of the attack.
Lyons was identified by the channel Spectrum News 13, which also confirmed photographer Jesse Walden was injured while reporting at the location.
Colleagues and family members at the Orlando-based Spectrum 13 remembered Lyons as a passionate journalist who served his community. “He took his job very seriously. He loved his career. He loved what he did,” said Josh Miller, a Spectrum Sports 360 reporter.
“He loved the community, telling the stories of people, reporting on the news, and he was just passionate about what he did,” he added.
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It is believed that Melvin Moses first killed Augustin, and then returned to the scene hours later where he shot Lyons and his colleague.
Melvin Moses then went to a nearby house where he fatally shot nine-year-old T’yonna Major and critically injured her mother.
He has been charged with the murder of Augustin, with whom he was acquainted. Additional charges are set to follow relating to the other four victims, who were not known to him.
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According to police officials, the teenager has a long criminal history – including charges related to firearms, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, and theft.
