Spectrum News 13′s Dylan Lyons among those killed in Orlando shooting

Spectrum News 13 announced the names of the two TV journalists who were shot while covering a homicide case in Orange County on Wednesday.

Killed was TV reporter Dylan Lyons, a 24-year-old UCF grad and Philadelphia native, who previously worked in Gainesville, while photojournalist Jesse Walden was critically injured, the station announced during its 5 a.m. broadcast.

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Lyons and a 9-year-old girl, T’yonna Major, were killed and among four who were shot on Wednesday evening while near a Pine Hills crime scene where a woman had been found shot earlier in the day. The fourth shooting victim was T’yonna’s mother.

Lyons was born and raised in Philadelphia, but moved to Florida to attend the University of Central Florida, earning degrees in journalism and political science. He joined Spectrum News 13 in July, according to his bio on the news station’s website.