Keith Melvin Moses, 19, has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to a shooting Wednesday morning. Moses is expected to be charged in four other shootings that occurred later in the day, including the killing of the Spectrum News 13 journalist, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said in a news conference.
Moses allegedly shot and killed a woman in her 20s on Wednesday morning, Mina said, and police were called later in the day to two additional shootings near the scene.
At one home, a 9-year-old child and her mother were shot, Mina said, while at another scene nearby, crew members from Spectrum News 13 covering the previous shooting were shot near their vehicle.
The station said early Thursday that “the reporter who lost his life as Dylan Lyons. Spectrum News 13 photographer Jesse Walden was critically injured.”
The sheriff said Moses has a lengthy criminal history that includes gun charges, aggravated assault, aggravated battery and assault with a deadly weapon.
Remembering Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan Lyons
“He took his job very seriously. He loved his career. He loved what he did,” said Spectrum Sports 360 reporter and friend, Josh Miller. “He loved the community, telling the stories of people, reporting on the news, and he was just passionate about what he did.”
