Disney guests evacuated from stuck monorail
Updated: 11:03 AM EDT Oct 31, 2023
WE’LL GIVE YOU A CHECK OF YOUR DRIVE TIMES. WELL, OPENING STATEMENTS START TODAY IN THE TRIAL OF THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CASSELBERRY HOME MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO. WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN JOINS US LIVE OUTSIDE THE SEMINOLE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. BOB. IT’S LIKELY SHERRI FITZPATRICK WILL TAKE THE STAND IN HER OWN DEFENSE THIS. YEAH, AND THAT’S BECAUSE HER SIDE OF THE STORY, HER ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT IS CENTRAL TO HER DEFENSE. BUT WE WILL START THIS MORNING WITH OPENING STATEMENTS. NOW, SHERRI FITZPATRICK WAS IN COURT YESTERDAY FOR JURY SELECTION, WHICH FINISHED UP LAST NIGHT. CASTLE BERRY POLICE SAY THAT SHE KILLED HER HUSBAND, 55 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY FITZPATRICK, AT THEIR HOUSE ON WINTER PARK DRIVE IN 2021. AT FIRST, THEY SAY, FITZPATRICK TOLD THEM THAT SHE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM, HOW HE DIED, BUT LATER CHANGED HER STORY AND SAID THAT HE’D BEEN ABUSIVE TOWARDS HER AND THREATENED HER. AND SHE SAID SHE FIRED A WARNING SHOT TO SCARE HIM OFF. BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY IT WAS PREMEDITATED MURDER. AND WHILE THE TWO SIDES WERE PICKING A JURY YESTERDAY, FITZPATRICK’S LAWYERS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WILL ARGUE SHE WAS DEFENDING HERSELF. THERE’S A SELF-DEFENSE ARGUMENT BEING MADE THAT SOMEBODY KILLED SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE OF OF THAT SITUATION. HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? AND ARE YOU CAPABLE OF SITTING ON THIS JURY. AND POLICE SAY THAT FITZPATRICK ACTUALLY SHOT HER HUSBAND TWICE AND WORE LATEX GLOVES WHEN HANDLING THAT GUN. ALSO WAITED TILL THE NEXT DAY TO CALL 911. NOW SHE IS FACING FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGE IN THIS CASE, BUT THE STATE IS NOT ASKING FOR THE DEATH PENALTY IN OPENING STATEMENTS STARTING UP AT 9 A.M. REPORTING LIVE AT THE SEMINOLE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, BOB HAZEN. WESH 2 NEWS BOB. THANK YOU. THIS MORNING IN ORLANDO, FOUR PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING AFTER THREE SEPARATE SHOOTINGS. WESH 2’S TONY ATKINS IS FOLLOWING THESE INVESTIGATORS AND TONY ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO GOT SHOT IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION THIS MORNING. YES, SHELDON. FORTUNATELY, THOUGH, NO ONE WAS KILLED AT THIS POINT. POLICE SAY THEY’RE GOING TO DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET TO THE BOTTOM OF EACH OF THESE SHOOTING CASES. ORLANDO POLICE SAY ONE HAPPENED AT THE VILLAGES ON MILLENNIA APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR I-4. OUR CREW GOT HERE AROUND FIVE MONDAY EVENING. AND BY THEN THE COMPLEX WAS ALREADY TAPED OFF BY POLICE. AND OFFICERS SAY THE VICTIM IN THAT SHOOTING IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. HOWEVER, THEY DIDN’T GIVE AN UPDATE ON SUSPECTS OR ANY ARRESTS MADE DOWNTOWN. A PERSON WHO WAS SHOT ENDED UP IN THE AREA AFTER POLICE SAY HE WAS SHOT IN ANOTHER AREA. THIS IS ALONG CENTRAL AND ROSLYN. AND POLICE SAY THAT VICTIM IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. THEY SAY THEY BELIEVE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE ROSEMONT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE MILES AWAY FOR THE GUNMAN. POLICE SAY KNOWS THE VICTIM AND THEY ARE STILL OUT THERE. THEN AROUND 1130 MONDAY MORNING, POLICE ALSO RESPONDED TO A DOMESTIC CALL WHERE THEY SAY A MAN AND A WOMAN WERE SHOT. BOTH ARE EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. NOW, WE DID REACH OUT TO OPD EARLY THIS MORNING FOR MORE DETAILS ON ALL THREE OF THESE SHOOTINGS. AND AS SOON AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, WE’LL BE SURE TO UPDATE THESE STORIES. BACK TO YOU, TONY. THANK YOU. TWO PEOPLE ARE IN CUSTODY THIS MORNING ACCUSED OF A TRIPLE SHOOTING OUTSIDE OF A HOOKAH LOUNGE. 23 YEAR OLD ANTHONY MCCLURE FACED A JUDGE YESTERDAY. 24 YEAR OLD LA MARIUS ALSO FACES CHARGES. HE’S ONE OF THREE PEOPLE SHOT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AT THE LOUNGE ON OLD WINTER GARDEN ROAD. THE TWO OTHERS WHO WERE HURT ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER. OVER TO TAMPA THIS MORNING WHERE THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO PEOPLE AND HURTING 16 OTHERS IN A SHOOTING IS BEHIND BARS THIS MORNING ON NO BOND. 22 YEAR OLD TERRELL PHILLIPS FACED A JUDGE YESTERDAY AND POLICE SAY PHILLIPS STARTED SHOOTING DURING A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO GROUPS EARLY ON SUNDAY MORNING DURING HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS IN YBOR CITY. TWO PEOPLE DIED IN THAT SHOOTING. 15 OTHERS GOT SHOT AND ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE HAS SERIOUS INJURIES THAT THEY’RE RECOVERING FROM THIS MORNING. WELL, A MAN WHO WAS ALREADY ON PAROLE FOR SEX CRIMES ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO LURE CHILDREN FOR SEX. 33 YEAR OLD DANIEL VIOLI WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON IN APRIL. SINCE THEN, A 12 AND 14 YEAR OLD BOY HAVE COME FORWARD SAYING THAT HE OFFERED THEM MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR SEX ACTS. BOTH OF THEM WERE ABLE TO GET AWAY SAFELY. I WANT TO THANK OUR VICTIMS IN THESE CASES. IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR BRAVERY. THIS MONSTER IS NOW BEHIND BARS WHERE HE BELONGS. YOU ARE THE TRUE HEROES HERE. WELL, PALM BAY OFFICERS SAY THAT THEY’LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE COMMUNITY TODAY TO KEEP NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE FOR TRICK OR TREATERS. THE BREVARD COUNTY HOMEOWNER WHO BUILT A MAN CAVE OUT OF SHIPPING CONTAINERS IN HIS BACKYARD WILL HAVE TO PAY UP IF HE WANTS TO KEEP THEM. WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO. NEIGHBORS IN THIS INDIALANTIC COMMUNITY COMPLAINED AND WANTED COUNTY LEADERS TO STEP IN. THEY SAY HE HAS TO GET RID OF THE SHIPPING CONTAINERS OR PAY $1,000 A DAY. THE MAN SAID HE TURNED IN PAPERWORK AND GOT A PERMIT FOR IT, BUT COUNTY LEADERS SAID THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT. SO NOW NEIGHBORS WANT IT GONE IMMEDIATELY. THE COUNTY SAYS THEY’VE GOT TO BE UNSTACKED AND GOT OUT OF THERE. IN A STATEMENT, COUNTY LEADERS SAY THE HOMEOWNER HAS TEN DAYS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR CODE. THE HOMEOWNERS SAID HE’S CONFUSED AS TO WHY HE’S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COUNTY MAKING A MISTAKE AND APPROVING HIS PERMIT. ALL RIGHT. 708 THIS MORNING, A NEW ICE CREAM SHOP IS OPENING AT THIS HISTORIC LOCATION RIGHT HERE IN ORLANDO. THE BELOVED GOFF’S DRIVE IN CLOSED LAST YEAR AFTER POLICE SAY SOMEONE INTENTIONALLY SET IT ON FIRE. BUT NOW THAT BELOVED ICE CREAM SHOP HAS A NEW NAME AND NEW OWNERS. WESH 2’S. MARLEI. MARLEI MARTINEZ. I SPOKE WITH THOSE OWNERS ABOUT THEIR HOPES TO KEEP THE OLD LEGACY ALIVE. AFTER THREE MONTHS OF HARD WORK. ERIC MACINTOSH AND JELANI GRAY PLANNED TO OPEN THEIR NEW ICE CREAM SHOP CALLED OLD SWEETIES. WE HOPE THAT THAT CAN ATTRACT EVERYONE WHO’S RIDING BY WHO PASSING BY. SWEETIE IS JILANI’S NICKNAME AND THEIR SHOP SITS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL AND CHURCH STREET, WHERE THE BELOVED GOFF’S DRIVE IN ICE CREAM USED TO BE. I WENT TO GOLF AS A KID. I GREW UP COMING TO GET THEIR COOKIES AND CREAM MILKSHAKE. THAT WAS MY FAVORITE. GOFF’S HAD BEEN HERE SINCE 1948, BUT IT CLOSED LAST YEAR AFTER A FIRE. ORLANDO POLICE ARRESTED ALFRED KIRKLAND AND HE WAS CHARGED WITH ARSON. HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND HIS TRIAL IS NEXT MONTH. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN BEEN SHUTTERED SINCE THEN AND FOR ERIC, WHO GREW UP AROUND THE CORNER AND PARAMOUR, HE SAYS IT’S LEFT A HOLE, SOME MISSING IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I THOUGHT BRINGING BACK THE ICE CREAM SHOP WOULD BE A PLUS FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND HERE. SO NOW ERIC AND JELANI HOPE TO MAKE THEIR OWN MARK. SO THIS IS THE WAFFLE CONE MACHINE. WE CAN’T WAIT TO PUT THAT SMELL TO COME THROUGH BY BUILDING OFF OF AN OLD ONE THAT GOFF STARTED WHEN THERE WAS SEGREGATION GOING ON. GOFF WAS ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES THAT WOULD SERVE BOTH BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE. WE DIDN’T HAVE TO GO TO A SEPARATE WINDOW OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT’S NEAR AND DEAR TO BOTH OF OUR HEARTS. YOU KNOW, WE’RE BOTH AFRICAN AMERICANS. WE’RE GROWING UP IN THIS COMMUNITY, SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY THAT GOFF ESTABLISHED IN THE COMMUNITY. JELANI AND ERIC SAY THEY WANT TO PAY IT FORWARD BY BRINGING JOBS AND A PIECE OF THEIR COMMUNITY BACK. THE SOFT OPENING FOR SWEETIES IS THIS SATURDAY AT TWO IN THE AFTERNOON IN ORLANDO, MARLEI MARTINEZ WESH 2 NEWS. ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY LOOKS SO FRIENDLY THERE. READY TO GREET YOU, SWEETIES. WE’LL ALSO HAND OUT CANDY TO
Disney guests evacuated from stuck monorail
Updated: 11:03 AM EDT Oct 31, 2023
Above: A look at today’s headlinesReedy Creek Fire and Orange County Fire Rescue responded to a stuck monorail at Disney on Tuesday morning. Reedy Creek Fire said they were working on evacuating guests from the monorail.This is a developing story.
Above: A look at today’s headlines
Reedy Creek Fire and Orange County Fire Rescue responded to a stuck monorail at Disney on Tuesday morning.
Reedy Creek Fire said they were working on evacuating guests from the monorail.
This is a developing story.
