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Suspects in fatal shooting of Lake Nona High School student denied bail

Two of three men arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a Lake Nona High School student last weekend were denied bail.
Richard Washington, 19, and Elijah Lewis, 18, face a first-degree murder charge and a robbery with a firearm charge in connection with the shooting death of 18-year-old
 K'vonte Dowe, police said. 
Washington and Lewis were denied bail during their first appearances before a judge. 
Isaak Brown, 17, was also arrested in connection with the shooting and faces the same charges, police said.

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Police said someone called 911 around 12:50 a.m. last Saturday to report hearing gunshots and seeing someone lying on the ground along the 9200 block of Kensington Row Court.
Police did not release how the three men were related to the crime, or what led up to their arrests. 
This is the second Orange County Public Schools student to be shot and killed in the past month. 
Justin Machado, 17, was found shot to death in mid-January at his Lynchburg Court home near South John Young Parkway and Deerfield Boulevard, deputies said.
Machado was a student at Freedom High School.