One dead, 11 injured in Florida mass shooting

NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE HEAR POP, POP, POP, POP, POP. AND WE’VE READ THIS. SEE, PEOPLE JUST DOWN ON THE GROUND. KIDS, BABIES. IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE. RIGHT NOW IT’S SIX TWO SOUNDS AND IMAGES OF TERROR AND TRAGEDY. GUNFIRE ERUPTING AT THE END OF A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION. THE SURGE, THE SHOOTING FOR THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEADLY MASS SHOOTING IN FORT PIERCE WHO TOOK THEIR MOTHER’S LIFE. WHAT WE KNOW OF THE GUNFIRE WHICH WOUNDED MANY MORE WAS NOW GANG RELATED. EVENING. I’M TODD MCDERMOTT. AND I’M FELICIA RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT FROM FORT. JADE JARVIS SPOKE WITH COMMUNITY ON THIS STRING OF VIOLENCE. OUR TERRI PARKER SHARES THE UPDATE ON THE VICTIMS, INCLUDING A MOTHER WHO DIED. WE BEGIN WITH OUR CO-ANCHOR TIFFANY KENNEY LIVE IN FORT AT THE SCENE OF THE VIOLENCE. TIFFANY, YOU THE LATEST IN WHAT DEPUTIES ARE REVEALING ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION. THAT’S RIGHT. TODD AND FELICIA, WE KNOW THAT EIGHT PEOPLE WERE SHOT. ONE PERSON, A MOTHER, WAS SHOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF, HER YOUNG DAUGHTER. AND INVESTIGATORS ARE TELLING US IT IS A GANG RELATED SHOOTING. THEY HAVE NOT MADE ANY ARRESTS AT THIS POINT. EARLIER TODAY, I CAUGHT WITH A LONGTIME FORT PIERCE RESIDENT WHO WAS HERE YESTERDAY WITH THE THOUSAND OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE CELEBRATING MLK DAY. HE SAYS HE WAS HAVING JUST AN INCREDIBLE TIME. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY UNTIL. THAT SHOOTING STARTED. ACTUALLY. I TOLD HIM WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE THE NICEST DAY I’VE SEEN IN A WHILE, TO BE HONEST WITH. YOU I HAD MLK LIKE IN LEVEL TWO, AND THEN IT TURNED THE TURN SO QUICKLY. WE JUST SAW KIDS RUNNING. PEOPLE RUNNING. I MEAN, ME IN CONVERSATION. AND NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, WE DUCK AND RUNNING. I DON’T KNOW WHO’S WHO. I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON. ALL I KNOW IS I’M JUST RUNNING. SO WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN. IT’S REALLY JUST TERRIFYING WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE YESTERDAY. BLACK TOLD ME THAT THE PARK WAS FILLED WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. AND YOU CAN’T IMAGINE WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT TO OPEN FIRE ON THE CROWD. HE AND SO MANY HERE IN FORT PIERCE THAT WE’VE SPOKEN TODAY. THEY SAY RIGHT NOW THEY’RE NOW FOCUSED ON THE VICTIMS AND THEY’RE SENDING PRAYERS TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH OUR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER TERRI PARKER. SHE IS AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE THOSE VICTIMS ARE INTERIOR. YOU HAVE NEW INFORMATION ON SOME OF THOSE VICTIMS VICTIMS. ABSOLUTELY. TIFFANY, THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT MOST OF THE VICTIMS, SEVEN OF THEM WHO ARE BROUGHT HERE TO LONGWOOD REGIONAL HOSPITAL IS THAT THEY DO SUFFER ANY LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND ARE EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. BUT VERY SADLY, A 29 YEAR OLD MOTHER DID DIE THIS MORNING. AND I SPOKE TO HER BROTHER, WHO SAID WHEN HE GOT THAT CALL FROM THE HOSPITAL AS DAWN WAS BREAKING, HE THOUGHT IT WAS A FEVER DREAM. JUST COULDN’T BELIEVE IT WAS REAL. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT 29 YEAR OLD AND THE KEYSHIA. SHE WAS SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN AS SHE STOOD AT A FOOD TRUCK WAITING FOR HER MEAL. A RANDOM EVENT, HER SAYS SHE DIDN’T KNOW ANY OF THE SHOOTERS, ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. AND SHE WAS COMPLETELY OF WHAT WAS UNFOLDING. HER LITTLE NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS THERE WITH HER. SHE WENT TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING NOT KNOWING HER MOM DIDN’T MAKE IT. IT WAS UP TO THE FAMILY TO BREAK THE NEWS, TO HER THIS AFTERNOON. MY NIECE WAS THERE DURING THE CHAOS. SHE SAW JUST EVERYTHING WHICH I KNOW I WON’T GO THERE, BUT LIKE, I CAN’T EXPLAIN IT TO A TEN YEAR OLD CHILD, LIKE, HEY, THIS IS HOW LIFE IS. GABE, GET OFF. THERE’S WAY I CAN EXPLAIN THAT. LIKE, SHE JUST EXPERIENCED SOME REAL DEALS OUT THIS AFTERNOON. COVERED BOTH ALICE’S GETTING THAT CALL. IT WAS LIKE, REAL NIGHTMARE. MEANTIME, SHERIFF’S OFFICE TELLS ME THEY ARE GETTING AND DOZENS OF CALLS ON THEIR TIP ARE ALL WORKING THIS CASE STEADILY. ABOUT 30 OFFICERS ON DIFFERENT TIPS AS. THEY SAY THEY ARE GETTING CLOSE TO NARROWING DOWN THE SUSPECTS. AND THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE ORIGINALLY SAY THAT ON THE KEYSHIA WAS AND HER DAUGHTER WAS SIX. BUT WE HAVE CONFIRMED WITH THE FAMILY THAT WAS SLIGHTLY INCORRECT. BUT THE FBI IS HELPING OUT IN THIS CASE. AND THIS IS WHAT DOING. THEY’RE HELPING SCOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, LOOKING FOR ANY CLUES AS TO CAUSED THESE RIVAL GANGS TO MEET UP AT WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THIS PEACEFUL EVENT, OPEN FIRE, SHOOT PEOPLE AND KILL AN INNOCENT YOUNG MOTHER. WE’LL BE WAITING TO SEE IF. THEY DO MAKE ANY ARRESTS TONIGHT OR TOMORROW. REPORTING LIVE IN FORT PIERCE, TERRI PARKER. TIFFANY, BACK TO YOU. TERRY, IT IS JUST HEARTBREAKING. THINK OF THAT LITTLE GIRL WITHOUT, HER MOM TONIGHT. AND AS WE TOLD AT FIVE CITY COMMISSIONERS ARE RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE TALKING WHAT HAPPENED HERE YESTERDAY. CHIEF DEPUTY BRIAN HESTER WITH THE SAINT LOUIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S IS PLEADING FOR WITNESSES TO COME FORWARD. AND WE CAN PROTECT THE WITNESSES THAT COME FORWARD. THEY HAVE TO TRUST US BOTH. AND WE CAN GUARANTEE THAT WE WILL PROTECT. BUT WE NEED THEM TO COME FORWARD. AND I THINK THAT’S THE REAL MESSAGE THAT WE PUT OUT IS, HEY, DON’T ACCEPT AS A COMMUNITY. I WANT TO BRING IN MY COLLEAGUE NOW, JAY JARVIS, WHO IS AT CITY HALL. SHE SPENT THE DAY TALKING TO CITY AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. JAY WELL, TIFFANY CITY, ARNOLD GAINES SPOKE VERY AT TONIGHT’S CITY COMMISSION. HE SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE TO BE DEFINED BY THIS VIOLENT NIGHT, ESPECIALLY FOR THEY JUST HAD SUCH A GREAT WEEK FILLED WITH A LOT OF FUN AND POSITIVE EVENTS. AND EARLIER TODAY, I ALSO SPOKE WITH FORMER CITY COMMISSIONER REGGIE SESSIONS, WHO TELLS ME HE IS FRUSTRATED AND FED UP WITH THE VIOLENCE. FORT PIERCE. HERE WE ARE, A LITTLE SMALL CITY. UNFORTUNATELY, MY SMALL CITY, WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED WITH A MAGNET FOR SOMETHING THIS MAGNITUDE LIKE MASSACRE HAPPENING. PUTTING FORT PIERCE THE MAP. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS. AND JUST DEVASTATING. I GOT FRIENDS CALLING ME FROM HOUSTON MIAMI. BOSTON TAMPA. WHAT’S GOING ON IN FORT PIERCE? LAST NIGHT’S MASS SHOOTING AT ELLIS PARK, QUICKLY MAKING NEWS WITH ONE PERSON, A YOUNG WOMAN NOW DEAD AND SEVERAL OTHERS INJURED. SESSIONS SAYS HE IS NOT SHOCKED BY THE VIOLENCE, BUT HE IS DEVASTATED BY IT. AND BELIEVES THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER TO MAKE A CHANGE AND FIND RESPONSIBLE. YOU CAN’T TELL ME THAT 50 OVER 50 ROUNDS OF GUN SALES AND BABY CARRIAGES IN A PARKING THERE’S A LEFT BEHIND AND NOBODY SEES NOTHING. LET’S COME TOGETHER, A COMMUNITY AND PUT THESE PEOPLE JAIL. THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE ALSO RELEASING A STATEMENT ABOUT THE VIOLENCE, IN PART THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE EXTENDS ITS THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO THE FAMILIES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE SHOOTING INCIDENT. TRAGICALLY, INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A DAY WHEN OUR COMMUNITY GATHERED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR, WHO DEDICATED HIS TO PEACEFULLY ADVANCING HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY. NOW OFFICIALS AT TONIGHT’S MEETING ARE ASKING PEOPLE WHO WERE AT THE PARK LAST NIGHT TO COME FORWARD. THEY NEED WITNESSES. THEY NEED VIDEOS TO HELP THEM CATCH THESE GUNMEN. AND WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE FROM TONIGHT’S MEETING ONLINE AND ON AIR TONIGHT ON WPBF 25 NEWS AT 11. FOR NOW, LIVE IN FORT PIERCE, WPBF 25 NEWS. TIFFANY, BACK TO YOU JADE THANK. AND OF COURSE, AS WE’VE BEEN MENTIONING, THIS PARK WAS FILLED WITH SO MANY CHILDREN WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTED. SO THERE WAS A REAL CONCERN FOR THE TRAUMA THAT THOSE KIDS HAVE EXPERIENCED. THE FORT PIERCE POLICE ADVOCATES GROUP. THEY WANT CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY. THEY TALKED WITH STUDENTS EARLIER TODAY AT MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO HELP THOSE WHO MAY BE BY THE SHOOTING. THE ST LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE FORT PIERCE DEPARTMENT ARE WORKING TOGETHER. FIND THE PERSON OR PERSONS RESPONSE ABLE. RIGHT NOW, DEPUTIES ARE ASKING TO CALL IN WITH ANY LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION. IT ALL HELPS TO TREASURE COAST CRIMESTOPPERS. THAT NUMBER RIGHT HERE ON YOUR SCREEN. 800 2738477. THEY ASK ANYBODY WHO HERE AT THE EVENT AND KNOWS SOMETHING TO PLEASE CALL. YOU KNOW TODD AND FELICIA THE DAY HERE, FORT PIERCE YESTERDAY IT STARTED OUT BEAUTIFULLY. THERE WAS THIS GREAT PARADE MADE ITS WAY THROUGH TOWN. AND THEN THERE WAS THE POST PARADE PARTY HERE AT THE PARK. AND EVERYONE WE’VE TO SAID IT WAS JUST AN ABSOLUTE DAY. AND THEN IT ALL CHANGED SO QUICKLY AND SO HORRIFIC. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO PROCESS WHAT’S HAPPENED HERE AND TO START TO HEAL. BACK YOU IN THE STUDIO. AND AGAIN, THIS SHOOTING DOESN’T ON THE COMMUNITY REFLECTS ON THE PEOPLE WHO CARRIED OUT THESE CRIMES. AND WE KNOW WORK WILL BE DONE TO BRING THEM TO JUSTICE. OUR THANKS TO AND OUR ENTIRE TEAM. WE MORE COVERAGE ONLINE FOR YOU AT O