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ORLANDO | Orlando police are investigating a shooting that occurred near the Parliament House hotel May 15 that left two men injured.
According to the police report, officers responded to a call from Parliament House security who said they contacted the police after seeing an individual pointing a rifle at a vehicle occupied by three individuals. The caller provided no other information.
When police arrived they were advised by security that multiple gunshots were heard near the lake on the west side of the hotel just before 8:30 p.m. Police found nine 9mm shell casings in front of one of the hotel rooms that faces the lake and found the two victims — Albert Antonio Williams, Jr. and Lorenza Morris, Jr. — in another room located in a different area of the hotel. According to police, the victims ran to the hotel room after sustaining their injuries.
According to the report, Williams suffered injuries to both of his feet and Morris had more serious injuries to his left leg as a result from the shooting. The report states that Williams and Morris are cousins. Both victims were hospitalized and are expected to survive.
No arrests have been made at this time, but according to police, investigators are currently working several leads and it is likely the victims knew the suspected shooter.
This is the second shooting-related incident in as many months at the Parliament House. A domestic dispute that resulted in the death of Ricardo Montez Filmore, a 38 year-old part-time Parliament House employee, occurred April 2. Police arrested 28-year-old Courtney Lamar Williams on April 15 for Filmore’s murder.
