Okay, let me walk you through how I dug into this yesterday. Woke up, made my coffee like always, strong black stuff, and sat down at the kitchen table. Flipped open the laptop, yawned, and kinda just stared at the news feed for a minute before that headline popped up: “News on Orlando Shooting Yesterday? Officials Share New Evidence Found”. My stomach sank right away. Not again.
Clicked it open fast, skimming the first paragraph. Basic stuff about where it happened, a mall I think folks were still rattled from last time? Felt grim. But the main hook was about the police holding a presser later that afternoon about new evidence. Okay, that’s what I wanted to nail down – what exactly was “new,” you know?
Started my usual routine:
- First, I hit up the local news station sites – Channel 9, the Orlando Sentinel. They usually have the fastest updates. Found a short article confirming the press conference time, 2 PM. Nothing juicy yet though.
- Then, I pulled up the county sheriff’s Twitter. Scrolled down… yeah, their official post about the briefing, same time, asking folks to stay away from the area. Typical.
- Next stop was the city police department’s FB page. Same announcement posted there. Felt like I was just getting the same recycled lines everywhere. Frustrating!
So I set a timer on my phone for 1:55 PM. Got a snack, folded some laundry – tried to kill time without getting distracted. Right at 2, grabbed the laptop again. Found the Channel 9 livestream pretty quick. Watched the Chief step up to the mic. He looked tired, serious. The usual condolences, prayers…
But then he got to it: “Based on evidence recovered at the scene today…” My ears perked up.
He mentioned two things specifically:
- First, they found another electronic device belonging to the suspect hidden, or maybe just missed before? In a place they weren’t expecting. He didn’t say what exactly, phone, tablet, laptop? Just “a device.” Made me think maybe they missed it in the initial sweep or the guy stashed it.
- Second, and this was bigger he said: Digital evidence recovered pointed to more planning. Talks about searches he made online recently, stuff showing he’d scoped out the place again, specific notes about times, maybe exits? Way more chilling than just “snapped.” Felt calculated.
He emphasized they were still processing it all, coordinating with the Feds, blah blah. But man, hearing that about the planning… That hit different. All those news folks shouting questions after, he waved them off basically.
As soon as the stream ended, I hopped right back to the news sites. Wanted to see if they caught the same things I did or if I misheard. Refreshed, refreshed… finally saw the Orlando Sentinel update. Their headline: “Officials: Suspect’s Device, Online Searches Point to Preparation in Mall Attack.” Okay, good. They got the device thing and the planning angle too.
Sat there for a minute just shaking my head. The “new evidence” boiled down to: he probably planned this even more than they first thought, and he had another gadget they didn’t know about before. Makes you wonder what else they might still find, right? The whole thing… it just feels darker with that layer added. Kinda wish sometimes I just stuck to baking blogs, you know? But folks need to know the actual gritty details, not just the soundbites.