Deputies have guns drawn in Windermere neighborhood
WESH TWO NEWS STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS. BREAKING NEWS IS IN WINDERMERE. THERE’S AN INVESTIGATION NEAR KING’S CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS IS VIDEO FROM MOMENTS AGO FROM CHOPPER TWO SHOWING OFFICERS WITH GUNS DRAWN NOT TOO FAR FROM THE SCHOOL, POSSIBLY POINTED AT A HOUSE ON COCO AVENUE IN KINGS PLEASANT DRIVE. AND HERE’S A LIVE LOOK FROM AT THE SCHOOL. ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAYS THAT KING’S CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS BEEN PLACED ON A SECURE STATUS. BECAUSE OF THIS, WE’RE TOLD STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE SAFE. IF YOU’RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, SPECIFICALLY IN THE AREA OF WINDERMERE AND HORIZON WEST IN ORANGE COUNTY, WESH TWO JUSTIN SCHECKER JUST GOT TO THE SCENE ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO. AND JUSTIN, I ALSO KNOW IN THE LAST TEN MINUTES WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT DISMISSAL PLANS AT THAT SCHOOL. GOOD AFTERNOON. YEAH, THIS IS A FLUID SITUATION AS THIS DEPUTY JUST PUTS UP A NEW CRIME TAPE HERE BEHIND ME. I CAN TELL YOU THERE IS A MASSIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. I’M GOING TO STEP OUT OF THE WAY. THIS IS SUNCOAST AVE THAT HAS BEEN BLOCKED OFF. AND THIS ROAD HEADS DOWN TOWARDS THE HOME WHERE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY IS FOCUSED. NOW, AT 349 THIS AFTERNOON, THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE WAS SENT TO PARENTS AT KINGS CROSSING ELEMENTARY. I’M GOING TO READ IT. IT SAYS, QUOTE, AT THIS TIME, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, WILL BEGIN TO MOVE TO DISMISSING OUR STUDENTS FAMILIES. PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE TO THE SIDE OF KINGS CROSSING THAT IS CLOSEST TO THE PARKING LOT. WE’LL HAVE STAFF MEMBERS DIRECTING YOU AND ESCORTING STUDENTS OUT THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND ASSISTANCE. SO AGAIN, THEY ARE GOING THROUGH SOME CONTROLLED DISMISSAL AT THIS TIME. OVER AT KINGS CROSSING ELEMENTARY. I CAN ALSO TELL YOU AT THE NEARBY BRIDGEWATER MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY’VE ALSO ADJUSTED THEIR DISMISSAL PLANS IN RESPONSE TO THIS MASSIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE. AGAIN, DETAILS STILL LIMITED AT THIS HOUR, BUT I CAN TELL YOU ON OUR DRIVE OVER, WE SAW AT LEAST TWO UNMARKED POLICE VEHICLES, LIGHTS AND SIRENS RUSHING TO THE SCENE. SEVERAL MORE DEPUTY VEHICLES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE WE GOT HERE AROUND 330 THIS AFTERNOON. I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HELICOPTER HAS BEEN FLYING OVERHEAD, KEEPING AN EYE FROM THE SKY ON THIS DEVELOPING, UNFOLDING SITUATION. SO AGAIN, AT THIS TIME, THEY BEGUN A CONTROLLED DISMISSAL OVER AT THE KINGS CROSSING ELEMENTARY. WE’RE TOLD FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT NO STUDENTS ARE INJURED. ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF, THEY ARE SAFE AT THIS TIME. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY FLUID SITUATION THAT’S BEEN GOING ON SINCE AROUND 230. ACCORDING TO SOME PARENTS AND FOLKS IN THIS AREA HERE. SO WE ARE GOING TO STAY ON SCENE, MONITOR THE SITUATION. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT EXACTLY THIS INVESTIGATION IS ABOUT. AS WE SAW EARLIER FROM CHOPPER TWO, THERE WERE SEVERAL DEPUTIES WITH THEIR LONG GUNS DRAWN AT A HOME NEAR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COVERING ORANGE C
Multiple Orange County deputies are in a Windermere neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon. Chopper 2 is on scene where deputies have guns drawn. A WESH 2 crew is on the way on the ground. The scene is near Keene’s Crossing Elementary School. “Families were notified the campus was placed on a secure (hold) due to police activity in the area unrelated to the school. All students and staff are safe,” Orange County Public Schools told WESH 2. >> This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released
WINDERMERE, Fla. —
Multiple Orange County deputies are in a Windermere neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon.
Chopper 2 is on scene where deputies have guns drawn. A WESH 2 crew is on the way on the ground.
The scene is near Keene’s Crossing Elementary School.
“Families were notified the campus was placed on a secure (hold) due to police activity in the area unrelated to the school. All students and staff are safe,” Orange County Public Schools told WESH 2.
>> This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released
