ORLANDO, Fla. – The 17-year-old facing charges for a deadly shooting during Halloween celebrations in downtown Orlando told detectives he’s “had trouble due to the amount of stress he has been under,” according to newly released court documents.
An arrest affidavit for Jaylen Edgar describes what he told officers and what witnesses saw the night of the shooting. Orlando police say the teen fired into a crowd where thousands were out for Halloween. Nine people were shot, and two of them died. Another woman was trampled as people ran away.
Video released by police shows a man in a yellow shirt look back, raise his arm, and then shoot while walking on Orange Avenue near Central Boulevard. Edgar’s arrest affidavit says he headed east on Central after killing one person, turned north on Court Avenue and passed by many other businesses, partygoers, and officers before reappearing on Orange Avenue near Washington Street…