Halloween shootings in Orlando nightlife district leave 2 dead, 6 wounded

Two people were killed and six others wounded after a teenage shooter opened fire in two locations in downtown Orlando where large crowds had gathered to celebrate Halloween, the city’s police chief said early Friday.

Two people were killed and six others wounded after a teenage shooter opened fire in two locations in downtown Orlando where large crowds had gathered to celebrate Halloween, the city’s police chief said early Friday. A 17-year-old suspect has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder with a firearm and six counts of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm, Orlando Police announced. The shooting victims ranged in age from 18 to 39, according to police. Two of the six surviving victims were admitted to Orlando Regional Medical Center in critical condition but are now listed as stable, hospital spokesperson Marlei Martinez told CNN Friday morning. Another woman was hospitalized after being trampled as bystanders desperately ran from the scene. The attack was yet another example of gunfire interrupting ordinary American life, from parade routes to campus homecomings to a night out on the town. The gunfire broke out several blocks away from the site of the deadly Pulse nightclub mass shooting that occurred on June 12, 2016, when a 29-year-old shooter fatally shot 49 people. At least 53 others were injured, and police shot and killed the shooter at the scene.