{"id":19583,"date":"2023-02-22T22:52:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T03:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/?post_type=press-release&#038;p=19583"},"modified":"2024-08-26T17:06:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T21:06:26","slug":"statement-from-orange-county-mayor-jerry-l-demings-february-22-2023","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/media-advisories\/press-releases\/2023\/02\/statement-from-orange-county-mayor-jerry-l-demings-february-22-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings on Shooting in Orange County | February 22, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-14519\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-241x241-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"Mayor Demings' Seal\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-241x241-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-241x241-1.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are saddened by the horrific shootings that took the lives of innocent victims in Orange County today. \u00a0We work daily with our local media organizations to accurately cover the news and it is incomprehensible that a journalist has been killed while doing his job and that a child and a young woman have been killed as well. \u00a0I offer condolences to the victims&#8217; families and believe that this is a clarion call for our community to do more to stop this madness. I look forward to meeting with community leaders tomorrow to discuss next steps in reducing gun violence for our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Jerry L. Demings, Orange County Mayor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We are saddened by the horrific shootings that took the lives of innocent victims in Orange County today. \u00a0We work daily with our local media organizations to accurately cover the news and it is incomprehensible that a journalist has been killed while doing his job and that a child and a young woman have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-19583","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Statement from Orange County Mayor Jerry L. 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