Osceola Sheriff: 42-year-old man ambushed teens, killed one

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15-05-2025

An Osceola County man was arrested Tuesday in the April ambush and killing of a teenager, a fatal altercation that deputies said started with an argument, via text, about a girl.
Orvill Joan Osorio-Ortiz, 42, of St. Cloud, was taken into custody in Pasco County on a charge of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Nekko Herrera, according to Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez, who announced the arrest at a Wednesday news conference. Osorio-Ortiz also now faces four counts of attempted first-degree murder.
'This incident all began with a group of young adults exchanging texts about an argument over a girl,' Lopez said. 'I can't make this stuff up. Arguing over a girl ends in murder.'
After texting insults to each other, the young adults eventually decided to meet in-person to settle the dispute at the mobile home park on Kellchris Lane in St. Cloud, Lopez said. An arrest warrant from a previous incident involving Osorio-Ortiz indicated he lives at the same location.
Osorio-Ortiz, who knew some of the young adults, decided to get involved, the sheriff said.
When a group of five teenagers, including Herrera, drove past the planned meeting spot on April 11, Osorio-Ortiz opened fire on their car with a Glock-style gun, Lopez said. Herrera was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, and another person in the car was airlifted to the hospital for emergency surgery and is now stable, according to Lopez.
A witness identified Osorio-Ortiz as the shooter, Lopez said. Deputies recovered multiple shell casings at the scene and discovered other independent evidence that placed Osorio-Ortiz at the location during the time of the shooting, he said, adding that some details cannot be shared because the investigation is still ongoing.
Lopez said he hopes his deputies make more arrests in the case as they learn more about what happened.
'This case is a heartbreaking example of senseless violence, because of that one stupid decision of Mr. Osorio-Ortiz, a 19-year-old is dead…a life that was cut short for no reason,' Lopez said. 'Let this case serve as a reminder of the tragic consequences that can result when anger meets access to a weapon.'
Lopez said Osorio-Ortiz was on probation for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and other minor charges.
Court records show Osorio-Ortiz was arrested in August after his girlfriend's brother told police Osorio-Ortiz drove a car toward him at his home on Anthony Drive in Kissimmee, forcing him to dive out of the way, according to his arrest warrant from that incident. The incident was just down the street from Osorio-Ortiz's residence.
The brother said Osorio-Ortiz then pulled out a handgun and fired two shots at him, and that he screamed 'that's what you get for being a snitch,' the warrant said. He was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Records show the charge was dropped by prosecutors in February.