Deaf Man's Experience at FLL Airport Shooting

Deaf elderly man's experience at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport shooting in Florida.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida -- The Daily Moth is a new ASL radio show, delivers news in video using American Sign Language, the Deaf host, Alex Abenchuchan, covers trending news stories into the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting.

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A Deaf man, James Beldon Sr, was at the Fort Lauderdale Airport waiting for a plane at the same time a gunman shot and killed several airport passengers in an adjacent terminal. He was one of the thousands of people stranded on the tarmac.

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Florida Man Arrested In Shooting Of Deaf Man

Deaf News: A man suspected of shooting and injuring a Deaf man in Parramore last November has been arrested, police said.

ORLANDO, FLA -- Keith James, 20, was wanted for attempted murder in connection with the November 9 shooting.

Police said James has been evading authorities since the shooting but was arrested Thursday after detectives learned he was hiding out at his mother’s apartment. James was found hiding in one of the apartment’s bedrooms, police said.

According to police, James shot David Hayden, 25, who is Deaf and cannot speak. Hayden was found lying next to his porch on Randall Street, bleeding from the gunshot wound.

Investigators said James was riding his bike past Hayden's home when he opened fire, shooting Hayden on the right side of his body. Hayden was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center for treatment of his gunshot wound.

SOURCE - WESH-TV

Deaf Customers Dodged Bullets, Tackled Gunman

WATCH [CC] - Deaf News: Customers who are Deaf dodged bullets, tackled gunman inside Ohio gas station.

PARMA -- Exclusive interview with customers after Parma Police say a 21-year-old man walked into a Sunoco gas station and fatally shot its owner during a robbery, the man turned to two customers who are Deaf.

“And when he pulled out that gun, I grabbed him, I grabbed him,” said Steve, Sr., a Parma resident who spoke through an interpreter. He and his son did want their last name used.

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Steve, Sr. said the gunman, who police identify as Logan Sinclair, pointed his weapon at him.

“I grabbed the shooter, and I knocked him in the head,” he added. “I knocked him in the head with his own gun.”

But Sinclair wrestled the gun back and then made Steve's son the target at point blank range.

“[I was shot at] two times,” said Steve, Jr. “Right in my head, and I just kept ducking, and it went right past me.”

“It was just pop, pop, pop all over the place,” said Steve, Sr. “But you know what, I grabbed his wrist, twisted it, and the gun fell.”

They said that's when the suspect ran out of the Sunoco station on Pearl Road. The owner, Bob Sposit, lay there. His life was quickly slipping away.

“I was trying to feel the carotid artery to see if he was still breathing,” said Steve, Sr. “But I couldn't feel anything. There was nothing left. There was nothing.”

Steve, Sr. said he and Sposit were good friends for the past 15 years. He described Sposit as someone who was nice and funny.

Sinclair is in jail on $3 million bond. His case will go to a Cuyahoga County grand jury. Steve, Jr. and Steve, Sr. are uninjured.

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