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The fiancée of a journalist who was fatally shot last month wants to keep his legacy alive.
Dylan Lyons, a Spectrum News 13 reporter, was killed on Feb. 22 when a gunman opened fire on him and photojournalist Jesse Walden — who was critically injured — as they sat in their car in the Pine Hills neighborhood of Orlando.
The woman who was set to be Dylan’s wife is now asking for help to have his child. She created a GoFundMe on Thursday to raise money for IVF treatments.
“My name is Casey Fite andthe love of my life, my fiancé, Dylan Lyons Spectrum 13 news reporter was ambushed and murdered while covering a story in Orlando,” she shared.
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Casey went on to reflect on the earlier days of her and Dylan’s romance.
The pair became official in November 2021 “and we had our entire lives planned.”
Casey praised Dylan as a selfless partner who didn’t mind sacrificing his desires to make his fiancée happy.
“he did everything for me…,” wrote Casey in the campaign that has raised nearly $2,000 of its $50,000 goal on Friday. “Dylan was a vegan but he would still take me out to restaurants I liked just because he wanted to make me happy…that’s the type of man my Dylan was. He didn’t care what he liked, he wanted me to go where I liked. I couldn’t have asked for a better partner in life, and I am forever heartbroken.”
She added that she and Dylan badly wanted “nothing more” than to have a family.
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Casey first broke her silenceon Dylan’s murder the day after he was gunned down.
“The love of my life was murdered,” she tweeted as she shared a GoFundMe link to raise money forDylan’s funeral services. “I will never be the same person ever again. Please help my family and I during this time.”
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A Philadelphia native and 2019 graduate of the University of Central Florida, Lyons was previously president of the radio and television digital news association UCF chapter, saidRick Brunson, a senior instructor of journalism for the university’sNicholson School of Communication and Media.
Saying he felt “numb” after hearing of his former student’s death, Brunson, 62, told PEOPLE he first met Lyons in his News Reporting course, adding, “I worked with Dylan the entire time he was here, pretty closely.”
source: people.com
