{"id":22465,"date":"2025-04-17T16:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/?post_type=press-release&#038;p=22465"},"modified":"2025-04-17T16:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:04:15","slug":"statement-from-orange-county-mayor-jerry-l-demings-on-shooting-at-florida-state-university-april-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/media-advisories\/press-releases\/2025\/04\/statement-from-orange-county-mayor-jerry-l-demings-on-shooting-at-florida-state-university-april-17-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings on Shooting at Florida State University | April 17, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14519 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-241x241-1.png\" alt=\"Mayor Demings' Seal\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-241x241-1.png 241w, https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-241x241-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our hearts go out to those affected by the senseless shooting at Florida State University, as well as their families and loved ones. It is especially painful to see this act of violence occur during the\u00a0holy season. My wife, former Congresswoman Val Demings, and I are both proud alumni of FSU. A college campus should be a place of peace, learning and discovery, and not a place of violence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Our hearts go out to those affected by the senseless shooting at Florida State University, as well as their families and loved ones. It is especially painful to see this act of violence occur during the\u00a0holy season. My wife, former Congresswoman Val Demings, and I are both proud alumni of FSU. A college campus should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-22465","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Statement from Orange County Mayor Jerry L. 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