>> MELISSA, THANK YOU. >>> WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS OUT OF PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY. SOMEONE SHOT AND KILLED A MAN AT A TEMPLE HILLS SKATING RINK OVERNIGHT. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND 11:30 LAST NIGHT ON BRANCH AVENUE. JULIANA VALENCIA IS THERE LIVE
WHERE THE BUSINESS OWNER JUST SPOKE A FEW MOMENTS AGO. AN EMOTIONAL MORNING FOR HER. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT CONVERSATION? >> Reporter: A VERY EMOTIONAL MORNING. JACQUELINE, THE OWNER HERE, SHE INVITED US INSIDE BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT
THIS IS A SAFE HAVEN AND WHAT HAPPENED HERE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON INSIDE. NOW, SHE DESCRIBES THE PERSON WHO DIED AS THE HEAD OF SECURITY. HIS NAME IS GENO. SHE SAYS HE WAS A COMMUNITY GUY. SO MUCH SO THAT HIS MOTHER AND
FATHER WORKED HERE. BUT LAST NIGHT GENO WAS NOT WORKING. HE WAS JUST HERE AND HE WAS WALKING OUT THE DOOR, HE HAD FOOD IN HIS HAND WHEN SHE SAYS THAT A CAR PULLS UP AND SHOOTS AT HIM. HE ENDED UP DYING FROM THOSE INJURIES.
BUT, AGAIN, SHE’S STRESSING THAT AS A BUSINESS OWNER, SHE POURED IN A LOT OF MONEY, A LOT OF HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS PLACE TO RENOVATE IT, MAKE IT A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FOR ADULTS, AND THIS IS JUST REALLY HEARTBREAKING FOR HER THIS MORNING.
AGAIN, IT WAS THE HEAD OF SECURITY. HE WAS OFF DUTY JUST WALKING OUT THE DOOR WHEN THIS ALL HAPPENED. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING WITH PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY POLICE. BUT I DO WANT TO PLAY SOME SOUND FOR YOU HERE FROM THAT BUSINESS OWNER. >> OUR INTENTIONS WERE TO
PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND A PLACE FOR THESE KIDS TO COME AND THE YOUTH TO COME AND THESE ADULTS. BECAUSE WE HAVE JUST AS MANY ADULT SKATERS AS WE HAVE CHILDREN AND WE HAVE YOUTH. >> Reporter: IF YOU LOOK AROUND, HERE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES.
IF I REMEMBER WHAT THE SKATING RINK USED TO LOOK LIKE, IT LOOKS DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT. AGAIN, SHE WANTED TO STRESS THAT IT WASN’T THAT ANY FIGHT OR ALTERCATION WAS GOING ON INSIDE THE BUILDING, IT WAS MORE THIS MAN WALKED OUT AND THEN THAT CAR PULLED UP AND SHOT AT HIM.
AGAIN, WE HAVE MORE DETAILS AND MORE INFORMATION F
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