ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Twenty-four shootings in 23 days: That’s how many shooting incidents the Orange County Sheriff’s Office has investigated since Sept.
1.Authorities say there have been 14 victims as a result of the gunfire and four have been younger than 18 years old.“In less than 24 hours, earlier this week, two innocent children in our community were gunned down in acts of targeted violence,” Sheriff John Mina said.Mina addressed the deaths of the most recent victims, 3-year-old Daquane James Felix Jr.
who was shot in the head Tuesday night and 14-year-old Joshua Atkinson who was gunned down Monday. He said they were caught in the crossfire of retaliatory attacks from two prominent gangs within the county.[TRENDING: Trump supporter.