ORLANDO, Fla. — One person was shot and killed early Friday at an apartment complex off Vineland Road in Orlando, police said.
%INLINE%Officers responded to the Walden Palms Condos off of Walden Circle around 3 a.m. on a call of shots being fired and found the victim.
Police said Benny Fernandez, 33, was standing in his bedroom talking to someone outside his window. During the interaction, something led to Fernandez being shot and killed.
The search for the shooter is underway, police said.
Channel 9 reporter Sarahbeth Ackerman was at the scene when officials loaded a body into the medical examiners truck Friday.
Still unknown how he was shot, but police say there was some kind of interaction with someone outside his apartment window.
— Len Kiese WFTV (@LenKieseTV) December 30, 2016
You know, the kids are playing outside that's about the only noise you hear, but gunshots you really don't hear too often," said neighbor DeAngelo Simpson.
One neighbor told Channel 9 that her niece woke her up after hearing gunshots.
"That's crazy that I was home. Something could have happened to me or my daughter,” said a neighbor named Tahiela. “This makes me change or think about if I want to live over here. I don't know."
Orlando Police just released more information on Walden Cir. shooting investigation. They say victim is 33-year-old Benny Fernandez. pic.twitter.com/LifljY6lFh
— Len Kiese WFTV (@LenKieseTV) December 30, 2016
#breaking we just saw a body being put into the medical examiners truck in Walden Circle. Live details at noon @WFTV
— Sarahbeth Ackerman (@SAckermanWFTV) December 30, 2016
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