Cellphone Video Sought in Deadly ZombiCon Shooting in Florida

— -- Police are searching this morning for a gunman who opened fire at a Florida zombie-themed convention, a shooting that left one person dead and four others hospitalized.

The shooting occurred Saturday at ZombiCon in Fort Myers, which had been expected to attract about 20,000 zombie-lovers. The gunshots sent throngs of revelers dressed like zombies fleeing for their lives, with fake blood from costumes apparently adding to the confusion.

Expavious Tyrell Taylor, 20, a junior college football player, was killed in the shooting, authorities said.

His sister, Amanda Andrews, recalled the phone call she received alerting her that Expavious had been shot.

“The girl was screaming in the phone saying, ‘He got shot, he got shot.’ And I asked, ‘What happened, is he OK?’ And she said, ‘No,’” Andrews said.

Jill Stancel watched as a crowd of face painted, fake blood-spattered ZombiCon revelers ran through the streets in terror, according to The Associated Press. She quickly gathered her family and several passing strangers inside her family's barbershop and locked the door.

“I was right here," Stancel told the AP. "A mass of people ran screaming and trying to get in the shop."

Police are asking ZombiCon attendees to turn over pictures and cellphone video in hopes that the visual elements can help them track down anyone responsible.