Overview
- LMPD says a woman was shot and killed around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in the McDonald’s parking lot on East Market Street downtown.
- Around 2 a.m. Thursday, a woman believed to be in her 50s was shot inside the American Legion post on Greenwood Avenue in Parkland and remains in critical condition as homicide detectives lead the case with no suspects announced.
- A man with a leg wound arrived at Mary & Elizabeth Hospital around 12:30 a.m.; police later arrested 35-year-old Flor Orantes, who admitted firing a gun and now faces a second-degree assault charge tied to the Denmark Street incident.
- LMPD reports another man arrived at a hospital around 7:30 p.m. Thursday with a gunshot injury that is not life-threatening, and the Non-Fatal Shooting Unit is investigating with no suspects identified.
- City leaders and anti-violence advocates voiced grief and urged public cooperation with tips as detectives work to determine what led to the shootings.