ORLANDO, Fla. – After seven people were hurt in a mass shooting in downtown Orlando in 2022, the City of Orlando and Orlando police added six security checkpoints to get into the downtown entertainment district. Those checkpoints included metal detectors and police K9s to access the street where Orlando’s bustling bars and clubs area.
Two years later, those checkpoints went away. On Friday morning, two people were killed, and eight others hurt in a mass shooting downtown, where hundreds were out celebrating Halloween.
A 17-year-old boy has been detained and faces charges of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in the wake of the shooting, police said.
During a morning press conference with Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith and Florida State Attorney Andrew Bain, questions were raised about security downtown.
“That all went away when, sort of, the law changed”
“That all went away when, sort of, the law changed, when the law …