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Man charged for downtown Orlando shooting appears in court

Man charged for downtown Orlando shooting appears in court
ANNOUNCER: LOCAL, LIVE, LATEBREAKING, WESH 2 NEWS STARTS NOW. >>, THREE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE -- -- FIRST, THREE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE. >> A JUDGE SAID HIS BOND THIS AFTERNOON? >> YEAH, HIS BOND WAS SET AT JUST OVER $100,000 DURING HIS INITIAL APPEARANCE IS AFTERNOON, CHARGED WITH SEVERAL CRIMES IN CONNECTION TO THAT SHOOTING YESTERDAY. >> WHAT IS YOUR NAME? >> HE STOOD BEFORE A JUDGE TUESDAY, CHARGED WITH PETTY THEFT, BERKELEY, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, ATTEMPTED INTO GREEK CRIMINAL MURDER. ORLANDO POLICE SAY HE SHOT A MAN MULTLEIP TIMES AROUND FOR AUTHORITY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EACH CHURCH STREET AND LIBERTY AVENUE, THE SAME BLOCK THAT HOUSES THE ORANGE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, AND THE SHOOTING WAS CAUGHT ON A NEARBY SURVEILLANCE CAMERA WHERE THREE SUECSPT COULD BE SEEN APPROACHING THE VICTIM THEN RUNNING AWAY AS THEY APPROACHING THE GROUND AND THEN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WERE PUTTING SADIE HAD SURGERY AND IS NOW IN RECOVERY. OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO TRACK THE SUSPECT ON SEVERAL OTHER NEARBY CAMERAS TO THE 200 BLOCK OF SOUTH OSCEOLA AVENUE, THEY ARE A WITNESS TOLD OFFICERS THAT THE THREE TRIEDO TSTEAL A BICYCLE FROM HER GARAGE. THEN, AROUND 7:30 A.M., POLICE SAY THEY GOT ANOTHER CALL, THIS TIME FROM SOMEBODY REPORTING A GROUP OF PEOPLE ACTING SUSPICIOUS ON TOP OF A PARKING GARAGE AND ON CHURCH STREET. PLEASE SAY BE SUSPICIOUS PEOPLE MATCH THE DESCRIPTION OF SHOOTING SHOOTING SUSPECT. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY ARRESTED HIM WITH TWO OTHERS, 16 YOUR BOY AND A 17-YEAR-OLD BOY. DURING HIS INITIAL APPEARANCE A JUDGE SET THOMAS’S BOND AT $110,400. >> NO CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM. AGAIN, NO CONTACT WITH CO-DEFENDANTS. NOT TO POSSESS ANY WEAPONS OR FIREARMS. >> THE TWO TEENAGERS ARRESTED ALONG WITH THOMAS HAVE BOTH BEEN CHARGED WITH PETIT THEFT BURGLARY AND ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT. WE ARE NOT NAMING THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE MINORS. IN ORANGE COUNTY, KELSI THORUD, WESH 2 NEW
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Man charged for downtown Orlando shooting appears in court
Three people are believed to be responsible for a string of violence in downtown Orlando yesterday. The man charged with shooting another man in downtown Orlando yesterday was in court for the first time today.Michael Thomas stood before a judge on Tuesday and was charged with petit theft, burglary and criminal mischief and attempted second-degree murder.Orlando police say Thomas shot a 24-year-old man multiple times around 4:30 a.m. Monday morning near the intersection of East Church Street and Liberty Avenue, the same block that houses the Orange County Administration Building.Police say the shooting was caught on a nearby surveillance camera, where three suspects could be seen approaching the victim before running away as the victim fell to the ground.The victim was taken to the hospital where police say he had surgery and is now recovering.Officers were able to track the suspects on several other nearby cameras to the 200 block of South Osceola Avenue.There, a witness told officers the three tried to steal a bike from her garage. Then, around 7:30 a.m., police say they got another call.This time, it was from someone reporting a group of people acting suspiciously on top of a parking garage back on Church Street.Police say the suspicious people matched the description of the shooting suspects and when officers arrived, they arrested Thomas along with two others, a 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy.During his initial appearance, a judge set Thomas's bond at $110,400. "No contact with the victim and no contact with co-defendants. You're not to possess any weapons or firearms," the judge said in court. The two teenagers arrested along with Thomas have both been charged with petit theft, burglary and accessory after the fact. We are not naming them because they are minors.

Three people are believed to be responsible for a string of violence in downtown Orlando yesterday.

The man charged with shooting another man in downtown Orlando yesterday was in court for the first time today.

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Michael Thomas stood before a judge on Tuesday and was charged with petit theft, burglary and criminal mischief and attempted second-degree murder.

Orlando police say Thomas shot a 24-year-old man multiple times around 4:30 a.m. Monday morning near the intersection of East Church Street and Liberty Avenue, the same block that houses the Orange County Administration Building.

Police say the shooting was caught on a nearby surveillance camera, where three suspects could be seen approaching the victim before running away as the victim fell to the ground.

The victim was taken to the hospital where police say he had surgery and is now recovering.

Officers were able to track the suspects on several other nearby cameras to the 200 block of South Osceola Avenue.

There, a witness told officers the three tried to steal a bike from her garage.

Then, around 7:30 a.m., police say they got another call.

This time, it was from someone reporting a group of people acting suspiciously on top of a parking garage back on Church Street.

Police say the suspicious people matched the description of the shooting suspects and when officers arrived, they arrested Thomas along with two others, a 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy.

During his initial appearance, a judge set Thomas's bond at $110,400.

"No contact with the victim and no contact with co-defendants. You're not to possess any weapons or firearms," the judge said in court.

The two teenagers arrested along with Thomas have both been charged with petit theft, burglary and accessory after the fact.

We are not naming them because they are minors.