According to Florida authorities, the alleged shooter returned to the Orlando region hours after killing a lady and shot four more people there, including a reporter who was there to cover the first shooting and a 9-year-old kid.
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Dylan Lyons was the reporter who was killed, according to Spectrum News 13. Jesse Walden, a photographer, was also injured.
Dylan Lyons Obituary
Dylan Lyons was born and raised in Philadelphia and earned a degree from the University of Central Florida. He had worked for a Gainesville-based station before joining Spectrum News.
The reporter’s older sister Rachel Lyons is using a GoFundMe page to collect money for his funeral. Lyons would have turned 25 in March, according to her writing. His parents and fiancée are also still alive.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, there were 40 documented journalist deaths worldwide last year. Two more were reported dead this year up until Wednesday. There was only one of those in America.
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Jeff German, a reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal who investigated politics and corruption, was discovered dead outside of his home in September after suffering numerous stab wounds. Robert Telles, a former public administrator for Clark County who had frequently been the focus of German’s research, has entered a not guilty plea to a murder charge.
Reporter Alison Parker from Virginia and cameraman Adam Ward were shot and died in 2015 while working on a live TV broadcast for CBS affiliate WDBJ7. The suspect, a former TV station reporter, committed suicide as police were looking for him.
Dylan Lyons Parents
Philadelphia is where Dylan Lyons was born and raised. His parents’ identities had not been released at the time of this story.
Dylan Lyons Siblings
The organizer of a GoFundMe established by Lyons’ family describes herself as Dylan Lyons’ older sister. Rachel Lyons is who she is.
She said in a statement that the journalist served as an “acting father” to his niece and nephew, whom she said he loved dearly.
Dylan Lyons’ Net Worth At Time Of Death
Dylan Lyons’ net worth is unclear at the time of this publication.
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