'I can't breathe': Shocking bodycam video of Orlando shooting spree suspect Keith Moses' arrest released
ORLANDO, FLORIDA: Keith Moses, the shooter who gunned down journalist Dylan Lyons along with a nine-year-old girl named T'yonna Major, and a woman called Nathacha Augustin, during a shooting spree in Pine Hills on Wednesday afternoon, February 22, 2023, was arrested on Thursday, February 23.
The Orange County Sheriff's Office has released the video of Moses' arrest on their social media handles. The video shows some shocking moments where the gunman refused the orders and raised his arms to his sides before getting arrested. Moses, 19, has been charged with murder in connection to the shooting.
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How did Keith Moses react to his arrest in the video?
In the dramatic bodycam footage, Moses can be heard saying, “I can’t breathe!” repeatedly. "Let me go!” he shouts as deputies slap on handcuffs. “Let me go! I can’t breathe!." The video, which the Orange County Sheriff's Office shared on Facebook, was captioned, "This is the moment OCSO deputies apprehended Keith Moses, who shot five people on Feb. 22, killing three: 38-year-old Nathacha Augustin, 9-year-old T’yonna Major and Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan Lyons.
At 1:29 into the video, you will hear a deputy say, "There's a zero in his pocket." "Signal zero" means weapon. At 2:54 into the video, you will see the deputy pull the gun out of the suspect's pants. "Grab the zero," one deputy says. And the deputy who removes the gun says, "It's still hot." In the video, a deputy can be heard saying, “Get on your face,” as he approaches Moses. Another deputy adds, “Get on the ground” to Moses.
What happened on Wednesday at Pine Hills?
Moses allegedly attacked the team of Spectrum News 13 in a vehicle at around 4 pm on February 22. Following this, the suspect then left the scene and shot a mother and daughter inside a house. "At 4.05, we received 911 calls about another shooting at that location and a shooting nearby," said the sheriff, as reported by ABC 13. Detectives responded to the scene and found the girl and her mother with gunshot wounds. The victims were rushed to Orlando Regional Medical Center. Meanwhile, the reason behind the shooting is yet to be revealed.
Two Spectrum News 13 journalists were covering the killing of a woman in the area who was shot hours before this incident occurred. The sheriff said, "Moses was an acquaintance of the woman who got killed this morning, but as far as we know, had no connection to the reporters and no connection to the mother and the 9-year-old, " as per NPR.