Deadly shooting at the Lani Kai Resort

Deadly shooting at the Lani Kai Resort

PRESZLER.CINDY, ARE WE EXPECTING STORMSTHROUGH THE NIGHT?A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO GROUPS ATTHE LANI KAI RESORT ON FORTMYERS BEACH TURNS DEADLY.THREE PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND ONEPERSON KILLED, OVERNIGHT.4 IN YOUR CORNER’S CHRISTINEVANS IS LIVE WITH MORE ON HOWTHE SHOOTING UNRAVELED AND THESEARCH FOR THE GUNMAN.AS YOU SEE BEHIND ME THERE ISSTILL A POLICE PRESENCE HERE ATTHE LANI KAI RESORT.THIS IS BECAUSE INVESTIGATORSARE TRYING TO PUT ALL OF THEPIECES TOGETHER TO DETERMINEWHAT EXACTLY LED TO THIS DEADLYSHOOTING.SOT::31It was so loud.

People werelike, call the cops!

Call thecops!

So we called 911 and theysaid that they already hadpeople on their way outMARIAH LOPEZ WAS ALSEEP IN HERROOM AT THE LANI KAI THISMORNING WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUDNOISE:15 MARIAH LOPEZ, HOTEL RESIDENTAnd he’s like(shaking motion)wake up!

Wake up!

I heardsomething, I think its fireworks or or gunshots orwhatever!

And I’m like I don’tthink its gunshots, just layback down.BUT IT WAS GUNFIRE3 PEOPLE WERE SHOT ON THE BEACHRIGHT BEHIND THE LANI KAI RESORTAFTER A DISPUTE BETWEEN TWODIFFERENT GROUP.TWO VICTIMS WERE TAKEN TO ALOCAL HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFETHREATENING INJURIES.

ONE PERSONWAS KILLED.SHERIFF CARMINE MARCENO SAIDTHEY ARE GETTING SURVEILLANCEVIDEO IN THE AREA AS WELL ASTALKING TO WITNESSES TO HELPCATCH THE SUSPECT WHO IS STILLON THE LOOSE1:07- SHERIFF CARMINEThe suspect is still out there.We ask if anyone has informationto come forward with thatinformation.

But again, we havemultiple witnesses and we areworking multiple positive leads.AS TO WHY THE THE GROUPS WERE ONTHE BEACH AFTER MIDNIGHT, THELANI KAI RESORT SAYS THEY DON’TKNOW:30 MELISSA SCHNEIDER, MARKETINGDIRECTOR LANI KAISo we don’t know what happenedfor people to end out in thesand but everything that we’vehad has been shut down forseveral weeks and ourrestaurants closed at 10OUT OF RESPECT TO THE FAMILIES,THE LANI KAI RESORT REDUCEDBEACH FUNCTIONS TODAYTHE LONG TIME DJ OF THE RESORTSAYS THIS IS THE MOST TRAGICORDEAL HE’S SEEN IN HIS NEARDECADE EXPERIENCE WORKING THERE:57- GARRETT MUELLER, DJ LANIKAIIve been here 9 and a half yearsand this is the most tragicthing that I’ve ever seen here.It’s really sad.

I still haven’tput it all together yet.

Mycondolences go out to thefamily.

And the victims.THE LANI KAI RESORT SAYS THEYHAVE GIVEN OVER ALL OF THEIRSURVEILLANCE VIDEO AND ARE FULLYCOOPERATING WITH THE SHERI