Orlando police provide update on shooting involving officers

Breaking news alert right now, the Orlando Police Department says they are investigating an officer-involved

shooting

, so right now we are trying to find out who fired a gun and if anyone was hurt in this , but we know it's happening right now. Mercy Drive and Wd Judge Drive, so that's the area Sky 6 right now live over the scene. You can see that there are several patrol vehicles and tons of

officers

in the area that we have seen from the sky. There also appears to be a vehicle on the sidewalk. with some damage to the front and a damaged wall that was hit, the

police

department is asking people to stay away from this area during the investigation. news.

Catherine Silver, 6, is in the staging area at Mercy and Colonial Drive. Catherine, what can you tell us? We've just arrived. This scene here is near some car dealerships near Colonial Drive and Merced. Law enforcement has vehicles parked in several different locations. You can see there is a heavy

police

presence at this intersection at Colonial Drive and Merced, they are directing traffic in this area quite a few. blocks down Mercy we can see some more lights in that area we don't know much about what led up to this

shooting

at this point I spoke to a woman when I first arrived at this scene about an hour ago she told me she heard a loud noise, but he didn't have much else to share with us now that we've been here, we've seen some school buses go by, we've contacted a spokesperson for Orange County Public Schools and they're telling us they are not aware of any closures at this time. moment, of course, we will keep you informed.

Plus, the Orlando police chief just arrived here at that scene. Hopefully, we'll be able to get more information in just a few minutes. As soon as we do, we'll

update

you both on air. and online for now im live in

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catherine silver getting results news 6. the breaking news alert went off, the driver of the vehicle then returned to his car, sped away and crashed further down the road , where

officers

eventually caught up to him and began rendering aid immediately and he was transported to the hospital where he is currently receiving treatment. We have not received an

update

on them as in all officer-involved shootings, the Florida department of law enforcement will conduct the initial preliminary investigation that will become. to the state attorney's office and then our internal affairs department will do a thorough review of what happened.

The officers had their body cameras on and that video is being reviewed as we speak as soon as we get the file from the state's attorney's office. the go ahead to post the video we will post it but we will post it within 30 days no matter what really that's all we have with the exception that the person who was shot appears to be a black man in his 30s we are trying. to confirm his age at this time and as always whenever we have a major event of this type, the Orange County Sheriff's Office, any agency in the area always

provide

s assistance, so we thank the County Sheriff's Office of Orange for the assistance they

provide

d in this case.

I'll open it up for any questions you may have. Sorry I'm a little late. What was the reason for the persecution? It wasn't a chase, it was a vehicle stop. An individual. Officers were on Mercy Drive traveling north when. the vehicle in an old passing zone passed them at high speed the officers stopped the vehicle before the officers could get out of the car the driver of the vehicle opened fire on the officers the officers fortunately managed to get out of the car and returned fire and no results were obtained injured the two officers in the car two officers in the car I think the suspect knew that it was the police officers who immediately recovered the officers their vehicle is down there I don't know if you have images of it or not, but it's a Well-lit and equipped vehicle for emergencies.

All our assumptions are that they definitely should have known it was a police car when they opened fire on the officers or when he opened fire on the officer, which is probably why they turned on the lights. oh no yeah that's the only way the vehicle could have stopped is when the officers turned on their lights and of course used their emergency equipment to try to stop the vehicle. Know? Did the suspect fire multiple shots? Yes, there are. Several shots were fired. Was anyone else with the suspect at this time? We don't know if we don't believe there were, but we're still reviewing the video.

We have a video of one of the nearby stores that we don't have. I had a chance to review it, but that will be part of this process. Ah, you know, the Osofd moment was. The Orlando fire department was good too. I also want to give credit to the fire department, who arrived quickly and started providing help after that. our officers the detectives had the opportunity to speak with the suspect, but if so, is there any magnetic statement again? This is very preliminary information, but they never had a chance to get out of the car before what we had was shared with us.

Until now, they never had a chance to get out of the car before the individual opened fire on them again. Everything I'm telling you now will have to be verified and we have to respect the fact that fdle will be leading. the investigation initially no, they were not injured thank God they were not injured something was found in the suspect's car there is a weapon that was located inside the vehicle that is part of the crime scene is that the weapon that is what ballistics will have to prove whether that was in fact the weapon that was used or there is no reason to believe that the car could have been stolen.

No, as of now I do not have any information indicating that the vehicle was stolen. It's a residential area so the street here is very busy street there are apartments in residential areas around and a convenience store very close there were other people outside we don't know of course we are combing the area we are trying to find out who they all are You may have seen a few. If anyone who's watching or we'll see this later has any information that can help us and help do their investigation, please share that information with us so that part of our process requires them to be transported to the police station at.

Of course, they'll be on paid administrative leave as soon as we're done here, we'll head over to the police department so we can verify with the officers what the experience level is between the two officers, so one officer had 10 years of experience. the other had two with our department. I need to verify how old he was if he actually worked for another agency before working for us. Is this your normal area? I need to also check if they were here for a specific period. specific reason or were they just traveling through the area do you have a message for the public, I mean the officers, you know this shows the inherent risk of our profession and here it shows that we would never have initiated a traffic stop if the person had complied traffic laws, not only did your actions result in that person being injured, but now your family will have to deal with this.

You know that many people are affected by the actions that someone can take that ultimately forces authorities to elevate or intensify their response, it was totally avoidable, unfortunately, it led to what we are talking about here today. Did they return fire from inside or outside the car? So, I've given them enough, so I prefer the rest. If you come again from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, I will tell you that the officers were in their vehicle when the suspect or subject confronted them and began shooting at them and absolutely that in domestic violence always calls for the element of There are surprises in favor of the subject who is trying to cause harm, but we also take pride in the level of training we provide to our officers.

Recently, our patrol office, led by our acting chief, was providing every officer on patrol, they have been specifically trained on how to respond to a shooting incident while they are inside their vehicle, it is an investment to disconnect them to give them that specific training, but we pride ourselves on the fact that we are always looking for the best training possible to keep our officers safe as well. It's a bit of a scary situation for other people. You know, the fact that so many bullets were fired, of course, someone else could have been hurt again. This individual's actions forced officers to take action and everything could have been avoided.

Thank you so much. and we will provide updates as they become available. Okay thanks. We've been hearing an update from Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolone on an officer-involved shooting on Mercy Drive and Judge Drive says this is the whole outcome. of a vehicle illegally passing two officers there in that area resulting in that shooting yes just a traffic stop that actually turned into a shooting as he claims the officers were shot before they could exit the car again, those two officers are fine. He's not hurt, the suspect is hurt, uh, by that shot. We will keep you informed about this.

There is still much more to learn about it. We will have it here on the air on the news at four o'clock and always on click

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