Orlo Vista, Florida

From the August 8, 2005 Orlando Sentintel:

Lorenzo Baker, 29, was shot in Orlo Vista and pronounced dead later at a hospital, officials said.

The incident began just before midnight. David Mathis, 20, said he was heading to a club with friends when four men forced them back into his mother's Orlo Vista home, demanding the keys to her shimmering green show car.

They pistol-whipped Mathis and a friend and forced seven people in the home onto the floor, demanding the car keys.

Mathis' brother, Alvin Johnson, managed to escape outside the home and called police.

Another car blocked the bright green Mercury Grand Marquis, and the thieves were not able to take it. They did take a set of show rims, crashing through the yard and taking a chunk out of the base of a tree in their haste to escape, family members said.

Larry Smith, 45, who was also in the house, said that after the thieves ran out, they heard shots.

The older brother of someone from the house was called and arrived in a red Ford Explorer to confront the suspects, Orange County sheriff's spokeswoman Barbara Miller said. The man, whose name was not released and who is not expected to face charges, exchanged fire with the suspects, she said.

Baker was shot while in the driveway.