The shooter, 17-year-old Jaylen Dewayne Edgar, faces charges of two counts of second-degree murder. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel) The two people killed have been identified as Timothy Schmidt Jr., 19, and Tyrek Hill, 25. Schmidt, of Weston ...

ORLANDO - A 17-year-old suspect in a shooting that killed two people, including a Weston resident, and wounded seven others during a Halloween celebration that drew 75,000 revelers to the streets of downtown Orlando last week has been charged as an adult, a prosecutor said Monday.

The 17-year-old accused of firing deadly shots in downtown Orlando as thousands of people were gathered for Halloween will be charged as an adult, Florida State Attorney Andrew Bain announced on Monday.