talking about the murder of disabled jewish new yorker leon klinghofer by palestinian militants in 1985. thank you very much for coming. the usual reminders to silence your cell phones, restrain from flash photography and plan to join us afterwords for the book signing. welcome, my name is andy kahan, director of author events. tonight we look back more than 30 years to the brutal murder of a disabled jewish new yorker at the hands of the palestinian terrorists, an incident that shocked the world and continues to reverberate through the culture at large and the lives of families affected. the initial murder, an innocent bystander, the killing of leon klinghofer, in an innocent bystander: the killing of leon klinghofer julie salamon offers a view of the never-ending cycle of the murder of innocents. initially a long time banking reporter and film critic for the wall street journal, then a tv critic and our reporters at the new york times, julie salamon has written notable
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a disabled jewish new yorker at the hands of the palestinian terrorists an incident that shocked the world and continues to reverberate through the culture at large and to the lives of the families affected by the initial murder and the senseless reprisal. it in an innocent bystander the killing of leon klinghoffer julie salamon offers a train and 60-degree view of the ruinous never-ending cycle of the murder of innocents. initially a longtime banking reporter and film critic for the wall street journal and a tv critic and our reporter at the new york times ms. solomon has written notable nonfiction books about show business philanthropy the holocaust the insanity defense and modern medical care. for 10 previous works include several bestsellers into novels for children. it s a pleasure to have her return. please welcome julie salamon to the free library of philadelphia. [applause] i m a good evening. thank you for coming out on this hot summer night. you are not on vac
were hurt in a shooting there. we are following this breaking news as we have been all morning. julie salamon is live at the scene right now. we are waiting for news conference from orlando police. julie, have you been able to find out any new information? i know you were able to find out an officer was inside the club at the time of that shooting. reporter: orlando police told us it was an off-duty officer that was inside the club and reported hearing shots around 1 am. we are waiting on orlando police to give us an update. the public information officer, the lady who will give us the update just went inside so she is probably getting some information from detectives right now. you can see there are still several crime scene units out here along with orlando police officers. all of this happened within the tourist district area. there are several hotels in the from where i am standing. we are waiting to get several questions answered including what led up to the shooting
the folks that were injured in those shootings were innocent caught in the gunfire. gunshots fired in the heart of the tourist corridor. two people dead and 10 others injured. we have been following this story since 5:00 this morning right here on channel 9. the shoop and happened at the glitz ultra round glitz ultra lounge. two are dead and 10 others her. there are still a lot of unanswered questions about how the shooters got inside of that club. who owns the club and how many innocent people were caught in the shooting. julie salamon is live at orlando regional medical center where a majority of those victims were taking. team coverage begins with information from the scene. police say there were as many as three shooters? reporter: right now orlando police are working to track down those shooters. still a very active scene. several units with opd out here . crime scene investigation bands are parked outside of the club. mother is a lot going on outside here in the pa