STARTS NOW. A LOCAL SCHOOL IS GRIEVING TONIGHT. AFTER ONE OF ITS STUDENTS WAS STABBED AND KILLED NEAR A SKATING RINK IN ORLANDO. 16 YEAR OLD KENNEDY WILLIAMS WAS ONE OF TWO TEEN GIRLS STABBED DURING A FIGHT FRIDAY, AND SHE DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. WESH 2’S SENAIT GEBREGIORGIS SHARES A MESSAGE FROM HER SCHOOL
LEADERS AS. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM BAYWATCH, A BUSINESS IN THE AREA, SHOWS WHEN FIRST RESPONDERS RUSHED TO ASTRO SKATE IN ORLANDO AROUND 11 FRIDAY NIGHT, THEY TRIED TO SAVE TWO TEEN GIRLS WHO WERE STABBED. IT WAS AFTER A FIGHT HAPPENED NEAR THE SKATING RINK AND THE AMS SCOTT ALONG SOUTH GOLDENROD ROAD IN.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE FIGHT HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER AN EVENT CALLED TEEN NIGHT WRAPPED UP HERE AT THE SKATING RINK. THE 16 YEAR-OLD GIRLS WERE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION, BUT ONE OF THEM, KENNEDY WILLIAMS, DID NOT SURVIVE. A 15 YEAR-OLD WHO WE ARE NOT NAMING BECAUSE OF HIS AGE IS
BEHIND BARS FACING MURDER. OUR CAMERA CAUGHT TWO PEOPLE APPEARING TO BE WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, WALKING OUT OF ASTRO’S GATE MONDAY. ONE OF THEM WAS CARRYING SOMETHING OUT OF THE BUSINESS. WHEN WE REACHED OUT, THE OFFICE SAID THERE ARE NO NEW UPDATES TO SHARE ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION.
PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS, A SCHOOL IN WINTER PARK, SAYS WILLIAMS WAS THEIR STUDENT. IN A STATEMENT TO WESH 2, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAID IN PART, WE ARE DEEPLY SADDENED ABOUT THE PASSING OF ONE OF OUR GIRLS, OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS DEEPLY SHAKEN AND OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY AS WE GRIEVE THIS LOSS TOGETHER,
OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE FAMILY AND LOVED ONES DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME IN ORANGE COUNTY. SENAIT GEBREGIORGIS WESH 2 NEWS. AND WE REACHED OUT TO ASTRO SKATE TO SEE IF THE BUSINESS HAS METAL DETECTORS INSIDE, BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AL
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