() — A 9-year-old girl who was fatally injured when a gunman broke into the Florida home where she lived with her family told her mother, “He shot me!” as she ran for help, according to a released arrest affidavit. this Tuesday.
Investigators said the suspected shooter, Keith Moses, is accused of killing a woman on the morning of February 22, prompting news crews to the scene. Hours later, in the west Orlando neighborhood, a gunman shot T’yonna Major and her mother, then went out and fatally shot one journalist and wounded another, according to an affidavit by warrant. arrest.
The court document says T’yonna’s mother was taking a nap when the assailant entered the backyard and then the house. She had told T’yonna to gather her “dance supplies” so she could be ready when her father got home. Her mother was not identified by police.
The mother “said she woke up to T’yonna Major yelling ‘He shot me!’ as she ran to her bedroom and jumped on her bed,” Detective Brian Savelli of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office wrote in the court document.
When the mother woke up, she heard two shots and “felt a shot in her arm,” the document continues. The mother then grabbed her daughter and locked herself in the bathroom until emergency services arrived.
Both were taken to a hospital, where the girl eventually died. The court document says that T’yonna was shot twice in the torso by her.
T’yonna Major, the girl who died in a shooting in Florida.
Two journalists with Spectrum News 13 in Orlando covering the initial shooting were shot as the assailant left the home, the document says, making an adjustment to a timeline of the three incidents previously released by the sheriff’s office.
According to the affidavit, minutes after the news crew arrived, reporter Dylan Lyons was shot while in the front passenger seat of a Ford Escape. He died at a hospital less than an hour later. The news station, a affiliate, said Lyons was 24 years old.
Photojournalist Jesse Walden was found injured behind the trunk of the SUV, deputies said. At first, the authorities had said that the journalists had been shot in front of the girl and her mother.
Nathacha Augustin, 38, was killed in the initial shooting, about five hours before the other killings. She was found on the ground next to a Hyundai sedan that had been driven by Moses’ cousin, the affidavit says.
According to an earlier affidavit, the cousin recounted that he was with the woman in her car and had offered Moses a ride. The suspect got into the rear passenger side and sat behind the woman.
Reporter Dylan Lyons was killed in the shooting.
Less than a minute later, the cousin said he “heard a loud bang,” according to that affidavit. The suspect fled when the driver stopped to call 911, the court document says.
The new arrest affidavit adds that T’yonna described her killer and a witness shared cellphone video of the shooter.
Moses, 19, was taken into custody about 20 minutes after the shootings at the third scene, the new affidavit timeline says. Investigators recovered a GLOCK .40 caliber handgun used in the shooting, authorities said.
Additional charges
Initially, Moses pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge. Authorities on Tuesday added two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder and robbery charges. Moses was scheduled to appear in court, but his lawyer waived his right due to his “conduct.”
Keith Moses was arrested for the shootings.
On a form called “Advice to Defendant, First Appearance,” Moses’ signature line was empty because he had been “unable to sign.”
“It was extremely important to file these charges,” Sheriff John Mina said at a news conference Tuesday. Authorities have not discovered a motive, according to the affidavit.
‘s Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Michelle Watson, Ray Sanchez, Melissa Alonso and Sara Weisfeldt contributed to this report.
