Shooting during Halloween party in Orlando leaves two dead and six injured: what do we know?

Shooting during Halloween party in Orlando leaves two dead and six injured: what do we know?
Shooting during Halloween party in Orlando leaves two dead and six injured: what do we know?

Two people were killed and six others injured in a shooting during Halloween celebrations in downtown Orlando, Florida.

Two people were killed and six others injured in a shooting during Halloween celebrations in downtown Orlando, Florida, in the early hours of Friday, Orlando police said.

Video filmed from a rooftop bar and posted on social media shows at least two people lying in the road and being treated by emergency services.

“Everything happened very quickly”said Genaro, the witness who filmed the scene. “All we heard was gunshots and everyone fell. At first we thought it was the music until everyone took cover, at which point where we got up, it was over. We saw people bleeding on the ground from the roof.”he further explained.

Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith said at a news conference in the early hours of Friday that a 17-year-old suspect had been apprehended and taken into custody.

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