A reporter was sent to a homicide scene and was killed by the suspect. His family are now suing
A reporter was sent to a homicide scene and was killed by the suspect. His family are now suing
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Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan Lyons was covering a murder in Orlando when the suspect, Keith Moses, allegedly fatally shot him. Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan Lyons and cameraman Jesse Walden were reporting on the murder of 38-year-old Nathacha Augustin in Orlando, Florida, on February 22, 2023, when the suspect, Keith Moses, allegedly shot at them. Broadcast journalist Lyons, 24, and his colleague were sent to cover the story and Moses was still at large.
![[Keith Moses has pleaded not guilty to killing the reporter and other murders. He is due to stand trial in September]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/31/17/50/keith-moses-hero.png)
Moses returned to the crime scene and allegedly ambushed the Spectrum News journalists, fatally shooting Lyons and wounding Walden. The suspect then broke into a nearby home and killed a nine-year-old girl, wounding her mother, police said. Moses has pleaded not guilty to the murders. The family of Lyons is now suing the parent company of Spectrum News and Charter Communications, accusing them of sending the reporter to the scene without security or protective gear even though they knew the suspect was still at large.
The lawsuit said that Lyons, born and raised in Philadelphia, died because of his employer’s negligence. Spectrum News owes it to employees “to conduct an appropriate risk assessment on potential news coverage assignments to ensure the safety and security of news reporters and staff before assigning coverage of active incidents,” the lawsuit said. “We hope that Keith Moses, who has been charged, will soon be brought to justice for the murder of Dylan and the others that day,” the statement said. “With regards to these specific allegations, Dylan was the victim of a senseless act of violence. The claims against Spectrum News are unfounded and we will seek to have them dismissed.”.
Moses is due to stand trial in September and faces multiple charges, including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and burglary. The State Attorney’s office has said it will seek the death penalty, Spectrum News said. Lyons’s sister, Rachel Lyons, said her younger brother died “while doing what he so loved.”. Colleagues also paid tribute to Lyons. “He took his job very seriously,” remembered his friend Josh Miller, a sports reporter with the network.
