00:00Some of that breaking news that we told you about at the top of the show.
00:02All lanes of I-4 westbound shut down at U.S. 27 right now after a depression formed in the
00:07road.
00:07And Osceola County deputies investigating a shooting inside of a Walmart in Ponciana.
00:11Let's hit it right out to Westview's Gail Pascoe Brown live at that scene near Cypress Parkway.
00:15Gail, we just heard from the sheriff. Walk us through what happened.
00:20I'm going to do the best that I can at this point.
00:22First of all, they got the call just before 8 p.m., meaning the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.
00:27And if you take a look from some pictures that we had from Chopper 2 earlier, it was a mass
00:32amount of law enforcement.
00:33Here's what we know. Walmart's own laws prevention officers identified three suspects as shoplifters.
00:39Actually told Osceola County Sheriff's deputies that we saw them concealing items.
00:44Now, apparently and according to the sheriff, one of them was running through the store with a weapon.
00:50Running through the store with a weapon.
00:51Of course, there was concern about the people that were inside the store at the time.
00:55Because, as you know, at this time of the night, Walmart gets really busy.
00:59That deputy ended up firing on that particular suspect.
01:02And that suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.
01:05Now, you also need to know this.
01:06While all of this is going on, there were customers inside who were hiding in different places as this was
01:13going on.
01:14Whether it was near the ammunition place, near whatever they could find to hide, that's what they did.
01:19Also, I want to let you know that there were three good Samaritans who came up to Osceola County Sheriff's
01:24Officers and identified themselves.
01:26One was a firefighter.
01:27They did have a weapon.
01:29They never used it.
01:30But they wanted to let them know that, hey, we are unofficial backup if you need us.
01:34They were not used at this time.
01:35Now, two of the suspects were able to leave the scene.
01:39They fled the scene.
01:40And, of course, authorities are still looking for them.
01:42Now, we don't know if they had any weapons.
01:44But right now, Walmart is working with the Osceola County Sheriff's Office to try to identify these two suspects.
01:50Why?
01:51Because when they came into the store, they did not have their hoodies on.
01:55So they can basically see their faces.
01:57And hopefully, as the sheriff mentioned earlier, they're going to get those pictures out as soon as they can so
02:02that maybe the public has some information or maybe has seen something at this time.
02:06Again, if you're just joining us, there was a deputy-involved shooting here at this Walmart at 609 Cypress Parkway,
02:13which is actually in Point Siena.
02:15One person died on the scene.
02:16That one suspect is a shoplifter, we are told, by authorities here.
02:20Two suspects are still on the run, and authorities are looking for them, and we don't know if they have
02:26any weapons.
02:26That's the situation that I've been able to explain and to get information about.
02:30And, of course, if we get more information, keep it right here on West 2 News.
02:35I'm Gail Paschal Brown, live in Osceola County.
02:37Now back to you in the studio.
