This Orlando Horror Shooting Witness Testimony
This Orlando Horror Shooting Witness Testimony
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ORLANDO - One witness, Richard Negroni told to Sky News there were more than 100 people inside the venue for the club’s Latin night when the gunman entered the building and began firing into the ceiling and into the crowd.
“We just heard shots, it was less than a minute, it felt longer. There was a brief pause and we just ran. Everybody was just faces to the floor. I had someone over me, I really didn’t see (how many gunmen there were). All I can tell you was the club was packed, there were over 100 people there, if the gunman came in through the front door people were injured or worse,” Negroni said.
In a Facebook post, Negroni wrote that the shooter opened fire at about 2am and “people on the dance floor and bar got down on the floor”. He said some people near the bar and back exit managed to escape quickly.
Anthony Torres told Sky News he was outside the club when the shooting began and confirmed that he thought more than one person was involved in the attack. He believed the shooting lasted between 15 and 20 minutes.
Kevin James Loibl has been named by police as the shooter in that incident and said the 26-year-old travelled to Orlando from his home in St Petersburg, Florida, about two hours’ drive away, with the intention of carrying out the crime. There is no known connection between Grimmie and Loibl.
Now, dozens of officers and medics are at the scene including Orlando Fire Department's bomb squad and hazardous material team.
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The shootings have taken place less than four miles away from where The Voice singer and YouTube star Christina Grimmie, 22, was shot dead by a guman at The Plaza Live in Orlando on Friday 22.45 local time (02.45am GMT Saturday). The man, 27, from Florida, later killed himself.
“We just heard shots, it was less than a minute, it felt longer. There was a brief pause and we just ran. Everybody was just faces to the floor. I had someone over me, I really didn’t see (how many gunmen there were). All I can tell you was the club was packed, there were over 100 people there, if the gunman came in through the front door people were injured or worse,” Negroni said.
In a Facebook post, Negroni wrote that the shooter opened fire at about 2am and “people on the dance floor and bar got down on the floor”. He said some people near the bar and back exit managed to escape quickly.
Anthony Torres told Sky News he was outside the club when the shooting began and confirmed that he thought more than one person was involved in the attack. He believed the shooting lasted between 15 and 20 minutes.
Kevin James Loibl has been named by police as the shooter in that incident and said the 26-year-old travelled to Orlando from his home in St Petersburg, Florida, about two hours’ drive away, with the intention of carrying out the crime. There is no known connection between Grimmie and Loibl.
Now, dozens of officers and medics are at the scene including Orlando Fire Department's bomb squad and hazardous material team.
READ MORE: Shooted and Hostage Horror at Orlando Gay Nightclub
The shootings have taken place less than four miles away from where The Voice singer and YouTube star Christina Grimmie, 22, was shot dead by a guman at The Plaza Live in Orlando on Friday 22.45 local time (02.45am GMT Saturday). The man, 27, from Florida, later killed himself.
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