ORLANDO, Fla.—An Orlando police officer has died following a shooting while on duty early Monday, and authorities are conducting a massive manhunt for the suspect.
The Orlando Police Department announced the officer’s death on its official Twitter account Monday morning. The shooting occurred near a Walmart store in Orlando earlier Monday.
The tweet said, “One of our own was taken in the line of duty. There are no words.” With the Twitter post was a video of the officer’s body being taken out of the hospital to a waiting van in a flag-covered stretcher. A line of officers saluted as the stretcher was wheeled out.
A news conference is planned at Orlando Regional Medical Center.
Markeith Loyd. Orlando Police Department via AP
