Wounded photographer describes the shooting in Florida that killed his journalist friend

A photojournalist who was injured in a shooting in Florida that killed his fellow reporter and a nine-year-old girl described how he 'played cat and mouse' with the gunman who 'kept shooting' at him.

Jesse Walden, 29, arrived to a murder scene to film a segment with his colleague and 'best friend' Dylan Lyons, 24, when a crazed gunman returned and opened fire on their parked car. 

Walden told his former news station KOB4 from a hospital bed in Orlando that he had to hide behind one of the wheels of his car to avoid gunfire, and that Lyons was shot as he sat inside.

The two were covering the murder of Nathacha Augustin, 38, who died at the scene after being shot earlier in the morning. After opening fire on the reporters later that day, the gunman also shot and killed a nine-year-old girl and injured her mother.

Keith Melvin Moses, 19, was taken into custody where he screamed that he couldn't breathe and then allegedly pretended to be asleep to avoid police questioning. 

Jesse Walden, 29, arrived to a crime scene to film a segment with his colleague and 'best friend' Dylan Lyons, 24, when the crazed gunman returned and opened fire on their parked car

Dylan Lyons, 24, was shot and killed while reporting on a shooting in Pine Hills, Florida, yesterday. He was just six months into his job at Spectrum News 13

'A woman was shot in her car so we rolled out there to go do a live shot at 4 o'clock,' he told the station. 'The crime scene had already wrapped up, so we had no real clue where the car was previously, and apparently I ended up parking exactly where that car was before.'

Once the pair arrived at the scene Walden got out of the car to access his equipment while Lyons stayed inside. 

'As I'm about to open my trunk, I hear gunshots and I feel that I get hit. I feel some pain in my groin,' he said. 'I guess whoever this guy is, there's something wrong with him, but he was shooting people that were parked there.' 

'I turned around, because I'm like, "Oh, there must be a drive by shooting going on," and I see that he's shooting at me. I was trying to figure out if I could play cat and mouse with him, and avoid being shot,' he added.

'I was assuming he was shooting at a house or something behind me and I just happened to catch a bullet. But he kept shooting at me. And so I ducked behind the wheel of my car. And he walked forward and shot into my car and ended up striking my reporter, Dylan Lyons and killing him. 

After the pair were shot others arrived to offer help, but Lyons has suffered a fatal shot to his heart. 

'A photographer with another station ran over and rendered aid to me and actually helped put pressure on me and got his hands all bloody keeping me alive,' Walden told KOB4.

'Then I was waiting for an ambulance to get there. The neighbors opened the car door and they said, "Oh, this guys dead." They said he's been shot in the heart."

Walden appeared to choke back tears as he described how Lyons was shot to the heart. He went on to describe his colleague as a best friend and commended his work ethic and determination as a reporter.  

Keith Melvin Moses, 19, was taken into custody where he screamed that he couldn't breathe and then allegedly pretended to be asleep to avoid police questioning

T'Yonna Major, 9, was shot dead in her home when the gunman stormed in and opened fire

Jesse Walden is a photojournalist who was injured in a Florida shooting rampage that took the life of his reporter colleague Dylan Lyons and a nine-year-old girl

Walden is expected to be released from the hospital within a day or two, but knows he faces a long road of recovery. He also faces the pain of losing his friend

'Dylan was a reporter I worked with every day. We were best friends. He was just a sweet guy, he was young. He really did a good job, he loved trying hard and that's what we like to do, we like to push the boundaries and we like to get our hands dirty,' he said. 

'It's so unfair that it happened to Dylan, that he died.'

Walden is expected to be released from the hospital within a day or two, but knows he faces a long road of recovery.

He and Lyons became close when they started at Spectrum News 13 around the same time last year and ended up on the night shift together.

He said Lyons was happy to be doing what he loved.  

'He had a very strong sense of justice,' he added. 'He would really want everyone to follow the rules when it came to people with power.'

Walden said he's going to keep his spirits up and keep on for his friend.

'Every step of the way, I've been blessed. You know, just -- people care,' he said.

Walden and Lyons became close when they started at Spectrum News 13 around the same time last year and ended up on the night shift together 

Moses was taken to the hospital following his arrest and a motive for the killings remain unclear.

After complaining that he couldn't breathe, he then began 'fighting with hospital staff' and had to be restrained.

Once in police custody, Moses 'pretended to be asleep' to try to get out of his interview. He remains in custody but is refusing to talk to detectives.

'Moses is not speaking to us. We're unable to determine a motive at this time.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office released video of Moses' arrest that shows the deputies placing struggling Moses in handcuffs as he yells that he can't breath and screams: 'They're killing me!'

Moses is charged with first-degree murder in the initial shooting that killed Nathacha Augustin, 38, that morning and officials said 'numerous more charges' will follow.

Moses smirked and smiled as he was taken away in handcuffs after being arrested in connection to the three killings in Orlando, Florida

T'Yonna's mother Brandi was also shot. She remains in the hospital 

The arrest on Wednesday came after the shooting spree that began early that morning and ended with three dead and two injured.

Video released shows the moment deputies put an end to his rampage. 'Get on your face!' the deputies are heard yelling. 'Let me go!' Moses yells back. 'They're killing me! Let me go!'

Deputies placed him in handcuffs and then could be seen cutting open Moses' jeans and seized a Glock semiautomatic weapon that 'was still hot to the touch, meaning it had just been fired, and there were no more rounds.'

Orange County Sheriff John Mina characterized the shootings Wednesday as random acts of violence.

Moses complained he was hurt and was taken to a hospital where he attacked medical staff, Mina said. He has since refused to speak with detectives.