Woman shot, killed on I-Drive, Orange County deputies say

Woman shot, killed on International Drive, Orange County deputies say

RIGHT NOW AT NINE, A WOMAN IS DEAD AFTER A SHOOTOUT WITH PALM BAY POLICE. NOW, INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE WOMAN OPENED FIRE. WE WERE DEALING WITH AN EMERGENCY EARLIER. I KNOW YOU DID THE BEST YOU COULD. FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE ARE HEARING FROM PASSENGERS WHO SURVIVED A PLANE CRASH AT LAGUARDIA. PLUS, I’M RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER IN WASHINGTON WITH DETAILS ON A POSSIBLE DEAL BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN. AS PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUES TO LAUNCH MORE THREATS AGAINST THE COUNTRY. WESH TWO NEWS SUNRISE ON CW STARTS NOW, AND WE WELCOME YOU ON THIS TUESDAY MORNING. WE’VE GOT A LOT TO COVER FOR YOU TODAY. I’M JASON GUY AND I’M MEREDITH MCDONOUGH. NEW YORK’S LAGUARDIA AIRPORT IS BACK OPEN TODAY AFTER THIS DEADLY CRASH HERE ON THE TARMAC SUNDAY NIGHT. AN AIR CANADA FLIGHT COMING IN FOR A LANDING CRASHED INTO A FIRE TRUCK, KILLING THE PILOT AND ALSO THE COPILOT. DOZENS OF OTHERS WERE INJURED. AND NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE’RE SEEING VIDEO SHOWING THAT MOMENT OF THE COLLISION. WE’RE ALSO HEARING FROM SOME OF THE PASSENGERS ON BOARD. NBC’S SAM BROCK HAS THEIR STORIES, AN EXCRUCIATING FIRST LOOK AT THE COLLISION AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT. YOU CAN SEE THIS AIR CANADA EXPRESS REGIONAL JET COMING DOWN THE RUNWAY. THEN ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY DOWN, PLOWING INTO A PORT AUTHORITY RESCUE AND FIREFIGHTING VEHICLE, SLAMMING INTO IT SO HARD IT SHEARED OFF THE AIRCRAFT’S NOSE, KILLING THE TWO PILOTS IT JUST LIFTED IN THE AIR. OH, LEE. ABOUT 40 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, INCLUDING JOE AND HIS FIANCE, PAYTON. FORWARD. BUT IMMEDIATELY, MAYBE A SECOND OR TWO LATER, IT FELT LIKE A CRASH. FELT THESE TWO PILOTS WHO UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES, DID EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO STOP THE PLANE AND SLOW IT DOWN AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE WHEN THEY SAW THE FIRE TRUCK THERE. AND HE TOOK THIS VIDEO MOMENTS AFTER GETTING OFF THE PLANE, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE CLIMBING OUT ON THE WING, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL RECORDINGS REVEAL THE TRUCK HAD JUST REQUESTED PERMISSION TO CROSS RUNWAY FOUR, TRYING TO MAKE ITS WAY TO ANOTHER PLANE THAT HAD JUST DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF AN ODOR ON BOARD TRUCK. ONE COMPANY, REQUESTING TO CROSS FOUR AT DELTA, A CONTROLLER GIVING THE GO AHEAD TRUCK ONE, A COMPANY CROSSED OVER DELTA TRUCK ONE AND COMPANY CROSSING FOREST DELTA. THEN SECONDS LATER, THIS URGENT PLEA STOP, STOP, STOP STOP AND LATER IN THE RECORDING THIS WE WERE DEALING WITH AN EMERGENCY EARLIER. I’M. NOW MAYBE THE BEST YOU COULD. JACK CABIN WAS SITTING IN SEAT 18 A. THE REALLY SCARY MOMENT WAS WHEN THE PLANE TIPPED FROM BEING. IT WAS NOSING THE GROUND ON THE ORIGINAL PHOTOS THAT YOU’LL SEE. AND THEN IT KIND OF LIKE THE FRONT OF THE PLANE FELL OFF. AND THEN THAT CAUSED THE WEIGHT IMBALANCE TO KIND OF SHOOT THE PLANE UP. AND THERE WAS PEOPLE EXITING THE PLANE AS THAT WAS HAPPENING. THE NTSB AND FAA BOTH ON THE GROUND INVESTIGATING. AS TWO SOURCES TELL NBC NEWS, THE CONTROLLER AT LAGUARDIA WAS DOING TWO POSITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, MANAGING AIRCRAFT IN THE RAINY SKY, AS WELL AS PLANES AND VEHICLES ON THE GROUND, SOMETHING THAT’S COMMON LATER IN THE NIGHT. WITH LESS TRAFFIC, THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO AT LEAST VERIFY THAT THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER WAS NOT DAMAGED. LAGUARDIA REOPENING ONE OF ITS TWO RUNWAYS. BUT THE IMPACT ON AIR TRAVEL WAS MASSIVE. MORE THAN 700 FLIGHTS CANCELED, AND A FLIGHT INFORMATION BOARD FILLED WITH RED AS INCREDIBLE SURVIVOR STORY SURFACES LIKE THE TWO PORT AUTHORITY OFFICERS DRIVING THE FIRE TRUCK, WHO ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY, AND A FLIGHT ATTENDANT WHO WAS EJECTED FROM THE PLANE AND FOUND IN HER JUMPSEAT ABOUT 300FT AWAY, ACCORDING TO HER DAUGHTER. THAT WAS SAM BROCK REPORTING FOR US. RUNWAY FOUR AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL SEVEN FRIDAY MORNING, AS THE FAA AND NTSB CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THIS DEADLY CRASH. AND TAKING A LOOK INSIDE LAGUARDIA AIRPORT. NOW, DURING THAT HOURS LONG GROUND STOP THAT WAS ORDERED YESTERDAY, YOU CAN SEE PASSENGERS SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR AS THEY WAITED FOR FLIGHTS TO RESUME. SOME EVEN UNPACKED THEIR SUITCASES IN ORDER TO CREATE MAKESHIFT BEDS. NOW THE GROUND STOP COULD NOT HAVE COME AT A WORSE TIME. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE STILL DEALING WITH LONG SECURITY LINES AS A RESULT OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, WHICH IS CREATING A SHORTAGE OF TSA AGENTS. MANY AGENTS HAVE BEEN CALLING OUT OR EVEN QUITTING OVER THE UNPAID WAGES. YOU’VE BEEN WAITING IN LINE FOR HOW LONG? OVER THREE HOURS. IT’S A DISASTER, AN UNMITIGATED DISASTER. IT’S CHAOS AND PEOPLE ARE MISSING THEIR FLIGHTS. I’VE ALREADY REBOOKED MY FLIGHT TWICE TODAY. WELL, IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENTS ARE NOW ASSISTING WITH OPERATIONS AT 14 OF THE NATION’S BUSIEST AIRPORTS, INCLUDING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NOW, OTHER MAJOR AIRPORTS INCLUDE CHICAGO O’HARE, ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL, HOUSTON HOBBY AND NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL JFK, NEWARK AND LAGUARDIA. I TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD AND I’VE SEEN. I GOT OFF THE PLANES AND SEEN GUYS WITH MACHINE GUNS, WHICH IS UNSETTLING. BUT WHEN YOU LAND IN THE US, YOU JUST DON’T EXPECT TO SEE THIS KIND OF ARMED PRESENCE. AND IT MAKES YOU NERVOUS. AND YOU JUST YOU WONDER, YOU KNOW, WHY THEY’RE HERE AND WHAT THEY’RE DOING. NEWLY CONFIRMED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY TOM HELP TSA IN AREAS THAT DON’T NEED THEIR SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE, LIKE SCREENING THROUGH X-RAY MACHINES. AND LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK HERE AT OUR FLIGHT BOARD AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. RIGHT NOW, 205 FLIGHTS ON TIME. GOOD NEWS 24 DELAYED. ONLY FIVE CANCELED. BUT MAKE SURE YOU CHECK WITH YOUR AIRLINE BEFORE GOING TO THE AIRPORT. A WINTER HAVEN SOLDIER WHO DIED DEFENDING OUR NATION HAS BEEN LAID TO REST. MAJOR CODY CORK WAS BURIED YESTERDAY AT FLORIDA NATIONAL CEMETERY IN BUSHNELL. HE DIED IN A DRONE ATTACK IN KUWAIT SHORTLY AFTER THE U.S. AND ISRAEL LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST AND AS THIS WAR ENTERS ITS FOURTH WEEK, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS STRIKING AN OPTIMISTIC TONE, CLAIMING IT COULD END THIS WEEK. ON MONDAY, THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT THE U.S. IS MAKING A DEAL WITH IRAN, BUT IRAN DENIES ANY HIGH LEVEL COMMUNICATION WITH THE WHITE HOUSE. THEY SAY IT’S NOT UNDERWAY. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM WASHINGTON. RACHEL, WHAT COULD THIS DEAL LOOK LIKE? MEREDITH AND JASON, GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH. SO PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST SETTLED ON A COUPLE OF GOALS HE SAID NEED TO BE ACHIEVED IN ORDER FOR THE FIGHTING IN IRAN TO END. THIS INCLUDES DEGRADING IRAN’S MISSILE CAPACITY, ELIMINATING IRAN’S NAVY, SECURING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, AND ALSO TAKING IRAN’S ENRICHED URANIUM NEEDED TO BUILD A NUCLEAR BOMB. NOW, HE OFFERED NO DETAILS ON HOW THAT COULD HAPPEN BEYOND JUST SAYING THE U.S. MILITARY WILL, QUOTE, TAKE IT OURSELVES. NOW, OVER THE WEEKEND, PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUED AN ULTIMATUM AGAINST IRAN TO REOPEN THE STRAIT OR THE U.S. WOULD OBLITERATE THEIR POWER PLANTS. THE PRESIDENT THEN WALKED BACK THAT THREAT, EXPANDING THE PLAN FOR FIVE EXTRA DAYS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED THAT SPECIAL ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF AND HIS SON IN LAW, JARED KUSHNER, HAD GOOD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TOP IRANIAN OFFICIALS SUNDAY EVENING. WE WERE PLANNING TOMORROW ON SHOOTING DOWN SOME OF THEIR POWER PLANTS, AND WE’RE NOT GOING TO WE’RE GOING TO HOLD THAT UP. HOPEFULLY WE WON’T HAVE TO DO IT. I THINK THERE’S A VERY GOOD CHANCE WE’RE GOING TO END UP IN A DEAL. AND SO WE’RE GIVING IT FIVE DAYS, AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO SEE WHERE THAT TAKES US. NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD NOT NAME WHO THE U.S. IS NEGOTIATING WITH FROM IRAN, BUT SAID IT IS NOT THE NEW SUPREME LEADER, AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI, NOTING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS NOT HEARD FROM HIM AT ALL. BUT EVEN AS THE PRESIDENT CLAIMS, THE WAR IS WINDING DOWN. JUST LAST WEEK, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED THAT THE U.S. WOULD BE SENDING ADDITIONAL TROOPS INTO THE REGION. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, RACHEL, ANOTHER DEVELOPING STORY THAT YOU’RE CLOSELY MONITORING, A POTENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH TO END THE PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THAT? YEAH. SO OVERNIGHT, A GROUP OF BIPARTISAN SENATORS MET WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP TO TRY AND COME UP WITH A DEAL TO PARTIALLY FUND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. THAT INCLUDES TSA. BUT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ICE OPERATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT. BUT EVEN IF THIS DOES HAVE SOME SUCCESS IN THE SENATE, THAT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE THE BILL WOULD STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE HOUSE AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO THE PRESIDENT’S DESK FOR SIGNATURE. BUT JUST RECENTLY, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS INDICATED THAT HE WILL NOT SIGN ANY BILLS UNTIL TWO UNRELATED BILLS, ONE FOR VOTER I.D. AND ONE FOR TRANSGENDER HEALTH CARE ARE BOTH PASSED. AND THESE ARE TWO BILLS THAT THE PRESIDENT BACKS. OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT, RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER REPORTING FOR US LIVE FROM OUR D.C. NEWSROOM. THANK YOU. RACHEL. THIS MORNING WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN WHY A WOMAN ALLEGEDLY OPENED FIRE ON POLICE IN BREVARD COUNTY. IT TURNED INTO A STANDOFF AND THEN ENDED WITH THAT WOMAN DEAD INSIDE OF A HOME. AS WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN REPORTS, INVESTIGATORS SAY THE WOMAN FIRED AT OFFICERS MULTIPLE TIMES. IT WAS A 54 YEAR OLD WOMAN, AND POLICE WENT TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE SHE WAS ALLEGEDLY FIRING A GUN THERE. AND ONE NEIGHBOR’S CAMERA CAUGHT VIDEO OF THE GUNSHOTS. THAT VIDEO SHOWS THE EARLY STAGES OF THAT CHAOTIC SITUATION ON SERENADE STREET, NORTHWEST OF PALM BAY. PERSON FIRED SHOTS AT OFFICERS WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF THEM GETTING ON THE SCENE. THE CHIEF SAYS THEY DID NOT RETURN FIRE, BUT CALLED IN THE SWAT TEAM AND PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOT MESSAGES TELLING THEM TO STAY INSIDE. THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE 54 YEAR OLD WOMAN. NEGOTIATORS WERE TRYING TO GET HER TO GIVE UP, BUT SHE ALLEGEDLY FIRED AT THE SWAT TEAM AROUND 7:00. OFFICERS FIRED BACK. EVENTUALLY, THE WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE THE HOME, UNKNOWN WHETHER IT WAS SELF-INFLICTED OR THROUGH THE EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE BETWEEN POLICE AND THIS INDIVIDUAL. BUT WE WILL BE THAT WILL BE INVESTIGATED. OBVIOUSLY, AT THIS POINT, INVESTIGATORS HAVEN’T EXPLAINED WHY THAT WOMAN MAY HAVE BEEN FIRING THAT GUN OR GOING AFTER OFFICERS. THEY ALSO HAVE NOT CONFIRMED HER NAME YET. FDLE IS HANDLING THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING, COVERING BREVARD COUNTY BOB HAZEN WESH TWO NEWS. TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN. THESE ARE NEW PICTURES RELEASED BY ORANGE COUNTY OFFICIALS. THEY SHOW WHAT APPEAR TO BE CRACKS IN PART OF THE RIALTO APARTMENT BUILDING, AS THIS INVESTIGATION INTO THE COMPLEX’S STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY CONTINUES. YESTERDAY, AN INSPECTOR WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY DIVISION OF BUILDING SAFETY ALSO FOUND A RETAINING WALL AT THE DOG PARK AREA WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT A PERMIT, AS WERE STUCCO REPAIRS TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. ANAGOMEZ WAS ONE OF THE RENTERS WHO WE SAW. SHE WAS GRABBING SOME OF HER BELONGINGS BROUGHT DOWN FROM HER UNIT. SHE AND HER SON ARE NOW STAYING WITH FRIENDS. YOU HAVE TO RENT SOMEWHERE. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY DON’T GIVE US A STRAIGHT ANSWER. THE OWNER OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, NORTHLAND INVESTMENT CORPORATION OF BOSTON, IS PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH SOME MONEY AND RENT RELIEF. THE PROPERTY MANAGER SAYS THEY’RE GIVING OUT THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECKS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP TOMORROW ABLE TO RETURN, THAT REMAINS UNCLEAR. NASA IS PULLING THE CURTAIN BACK ON THE FUTURE OF SPACE FLIGHT RIGHT NOW IN DC. THE AGENCY IS PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON NATIONAL SPACE POLICY, AS WELL AS PREPARATIONS TO PUT MAN BACK ON THE MOON. NOW, THEY DO PLAN TO HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE LATER ON TODAY AT 445, AND IN LESS THAN A HALF AN HOUR, THE CREW OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WILL GET A BIG DELIVERY A CAPSULE FULL OF SUPPLIES BLASTED OFF FROM KAZAKHSTAN OVER THE WEEKEND. HERE’S VIDEO OF THAT LAUNCH. THE DOCKING IS SET FOR 934 THIS MORNING. WESH TWO NEWS WILL BRING YOU THE MOMENT LIVE RIGHT HERE ON AIR. WHEN IT HAPPENS. PRESSING PLAY ON A NEW PROGRAM TO TRAIN, MENTOR AND ALSO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF PERFORMERS. THAT’S THE MISSION BEHIND A BRAND NEW MUSICAL THEATER EXPERIENCE THAT’S HAPPENING HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. AN EDUCATOR JOINS US LIVE IN STUDIO WITH MORE ON THE MISSION TO EXPAND ACCESS TO THE ARTS AND HOW TO SIGN UP. PLUS, RECENT EVENTS ARE PUTTING AUTISM AWARENESS AND SAFETY BA

Woman shot, killed on International Drive, Orange County deputies say

Updated: 10:59 AM EDT Mar 24, 2026

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The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a woman was shot and killed on International Drive on Tuesday morning. Deputies said they responded to reports of an aggravated battery around 2:45 a.m. at the 11900 block of International Drive South.>> Video above: Top headlines for March 24 in Central FloridaOnce they arrived on the scene, they located a woman in her 40s who had been shot. She was taken to a hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. At this time, deputies have not released any information on what could have led to the shooting or about possible suspects in the case. This is a developing story and will be updated as more details become available.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. —

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a woman was shot and killed on International Drive on Tuesday morning.

Deputies said they responded to reports of an aggravated battery around 2:45 a.m. at the 11900 block of International Drive South.

>> Video above: Top headlines for March 24 in Central Florida

Once they arrived on the scene, they located a woman in her 40s who had been shot. She was taken to a hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.

At this time, deputies have not released any information on what could have led to the shooting or about possible suspects in the case.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more details become available.