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At approximately 1:07 a.m., officers reported shots fired at Central Boulevard and Orange Avenue. Within minutes, a second report of shots fired was called in south of Washington Street on Orange Avenue,
Smith said
Whatever his mindset was, he was going to shoot no matter what. He walked by multiple officers ... He walked by at least 10 officers, walked directly by them,
Smith said
The officers did a great job. They responded right when they heard the shooting, you know. So everybody else is running. They’re not, they’re sitting in position looking for a shooter. They found a shooter. They took him down,
he saidHe pretty much walked into downtown, walked into the street and did what he did,
local U.S. media Fox 13 Tampa Bay said, quoting the police chief
The Orlando Police Department is conducting a shooting investigation in Downtown Orlando. We are still gathering information and interviewing witnesses,
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