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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Joe Sommerlad

Orlando photographer wounded in shooting that killed journalist and child speaks out from hospital bed

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The news photographer critically injured in a shooting attack in Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday afternoon has spoken from his hospital bed for the first time, revealing that he initially thought he had been hit with a stray bullet by mistake.

Jesse Walden, 29, was part of the Spectrum News 13 team that arrived to cover the scene of a homicide in the Pine Hills neighbourhood of the city after a woman, since identified as Nathacha Augustin, 38, was found dead in her car, only for the gunman to return to the scene and fire into their unmarked van for unknown reasons.

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