7 SHOT IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO

One month ago, someone opened fire into a crowd of people in downtown Orlando, injuring several. As the search for the suspect continues, one victim says it may be a while before he goes back downtown.

Changes are coming to downtown Orlando Friday night as the city adds security checkpoints to an area that’s had problems with violence recently.

A man who was working Sunday morning near where the downtown Orlando shooting took place spoke with News 6 about his thoughts regarding the city’s response.

Amid a demand for increased safety protocols in downtown Orlando after seven were shot and injured last weekend, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said a state law is preventing him from making the area a gun-free zone.

News 6 spoke with one of the victims who said she was shot in downtown Orlando Sunday morning after a gunman fired into a crowd, injuring seven near Orange Avenue and Wall Street.

The city of Orlando is expanding controlled entry points into the downtown area on the weekends following a shooting that injured seven people early Sunday.

The person who shot seven people in downtown Orlando remains on the run.

The Orlando Police Department is searching for the person it said shot into a crowd, injuring at least seven people early Sunday morning.