{"id":50736,"date":"2025-11-18T02:47:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T02:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/50736\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T02:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T02:47:17","slug":"new-video-documents-show-moment-orlando-swat-opened-fire-at-tattoo-parlor-killing-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/50736\/","title":{"rendered":"New video, documents show moment Orlando SWAT opened fire at tattoo parlor, killing 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Three days after the execution of a search warrant at a tattoo shop resulted in an officer-involved shooting<\/a>, video and documents obtained by News 6 show the moment Orlando police officers started shooting when a man opened the back door of the shop.<\/p>\n

The video, shared by a person who asked us not to disclose their identity, is nearly 50 seconds long and begins as a SWAT truck pulls up to the back of a strip mall on Edgewater Drive.<\/p>\n

[WATCH: Footage shows Orlando SWAT team during shooting at tattoo shop]<\/p>\n

Officers are seen emerging from the truck before a man in the corner of the video frame opens the door. When he sees officers, he runs back inside, while officers open fire.<\/p>\n

Natalie Birch-Escribano, who identified her son, Kaleb Williams, 20, as the person who died at the shop, said she did not see Williams in the video.<\/p>\n

In a release on Monday, police said the investigation first kicked off in September when the department received an anonymous tip reporting illegal drug sales inside the tattoo parlor along Edgewater Drive.<\/p>\n

Lee Road, Edgewater Drive shut down amid investigation, Orlando police say (KMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n

Since then, the location has been under intense scrutiny, with officers surveilling the business and social media for evidence, investigators explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring that time, officers observed multiple hand-to-hand transactions consistent with the sale and delivery of illegal narcotics,\u201d the release reads.<\/p>\n

On Friday afternoon, though, the investigation came to a head when officers arrived at the tattoo parlor to serve a search warrant related to drugs and firearms, police said.<\/p>\n

Image of the apparent tattoo shop near Lee Road (Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n

According to Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith, multiple suspects were gathered there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe investigation involved multiple suspects with extensive criminal histories, including burglary, robbery with a firearm, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, sex offenses, drug offenses, auto theft, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Shortly after police arrived, they spotted a man leaving the tattoo shop armed with a rifle that resembled an AK-47, Smith added.<\/p>\n

Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith provides more details during a news conference after the incident. (Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n

Officers then fired at the suspect, who fled back inside the business, according to the police department. About an hour later, Orlando SWAT entered the building.<\/p>\n

About an hour later, Orlando SWAT entered the building, finding one man dead inside, police added. He was identified as 20-year-old Kaleb Williams, who was one of the subjects associated with the search warrant.<\/p>\n

\u201cWilliams was standing near the rear door when officers fired at the armed individual,\u201d police wrote. \u201cA stolen firearm was recovered in Williams\u2019 possession, on his body.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police also said that of the eight other people associated with the warrant, three were located in the business.<\/p>\n

\u201cCharges for those individuals, as well as for the registered gang member armed with the AK-47 style rifle, are pending the outcome of the investigation,\u201d the release says.<\/p>\n

Police appeared to take a subject into custody. (Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n

The officers were not injured and were placed on administrative leave, Smith announced.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, police said the following items had been recovered during Friday\u2019s search:<\/p>\n

Five firearms<\/p>\n

Several boxes of handguns and rifle ammunition<\/p>\n

190 grams of cannabis (some prepackaged for sale)<\/p>\n

One case of Narcan<\/p>\n

Paraphernalia, including scales and a vacuum sealer with bags<\/p>\n

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Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Three days after the execution of a search warrant at a tattoo shop resulted in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[265,4424,5558,1335,139,141,140,215],"class_list":{"0":"post-50736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-death-investigation","10":"tag-drugs","11":"tag-orange-county","12":"tag-orlando","13":"tag-orlando-headlines","14":"tag-orlando-news","15":"tag-shooting"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}