May. 10, 2021
ORLANDO, Fla. — A man walked up to another man and a woman entering the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Orlando and opened fire Monday morning, killing the man, Orlando Police say.
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The shooter fled in a vehicle but was taken into custody in the Kissimmee area, Orlando Police Lt. Diego Toruno said during a brief news conference near the location of the shooting.
It happened just before 10 a.m. at the office on Corporate Centre Boulevard, which is just north of Orlando International Airport.
The man who was shot was pronounced dead at the scene, Toruno said.
The woman escaped, and "as far as we know no one else has been hurt by gunfire," the lieutenant said.
Bonnie Brandao, 56, was at the office for what was supposed to be a happy day — her citizenship test — which quickly turned terrifying.
She was inside the building when she heard popping noises. Soon, everyone began to scream and run for cover.
All she could think about was where to hide.
"People were running toward where the desks are and trying to break through the glass they have over there to go in the back but I didn’t want to do that. But I didn’t want to do that because I didn’t want to break stuff in immigration, so I went to the back. I didn’t know what to do,” Brandao said.
While Brandao was hiding inside the immigration building, her husband was waiting for her outside — and watched the shooting happen.
He told her he saw two men talking with each other, then one man pulled out a gun and opened fire.
Then “he stood over him and shot him again,” Brandao said her husband told her.
Brandao said her husband, still in their car, followed the suspect in the parking lot watched the suspect drive off.
Because the office is a federal building, "we'll work with our federal partners" on the investigation, Toruno said.
Brandao and her husband are shaken up but OK, and she passed her citizenship test.
This article will be updated. Check back here for updates on this breaking news story.
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