Don't they both have a bar?

I think the fact that this is not a gated community is a major factor. Relative lived in Lakewood Ranch in 2 different areas. One entrance I could not enter at all. Not manned at the time so no card no entrance. The main entrance we had to stop. Our name and license plate written down. They documented who we were visiting. Only after that were we able to pass through the gate. Prior to living here, I did not realize how important a gated community can be. And wasn't Morse smart when he decided to have the roads fall under the local jurisdictions so that anyone can enter here and ride around. Not!

Sounds as though a man involved in a shooting outside in the parking lot managed to gain entry into the restaurant via a side door after the restaurant had closed. And a patron still inside the restaurant, who had a concealed carry permit, wound up fatally shooting the individual.

He might have been whom they were shooting at and came into the bar to get away from the shooters.

We do not know what he had in his pocket and whether the person who shot him was drunk or not. Maybe he was reaching for his cell phone to call 911.

Facial recognition cameras and SW are capable of quickly identifying specific individuals, even out of large groups or against diverse backgrounds (e.g. outdoors). Many stores, including Apple centers, already do this as you walk in their doors in order to identify and then monitor habitual shoplifters. Likewise, some states, including NY, equip their state troopers cars with license plate recognition/identification cameras to immediately check passing cars for violations (e.g. expired registrations). It takes just a few seconds. Florida police could do the same in order to identify sought-after criminals.

Truer words were never spoken. Police simply cannot respond quickly enough.

Florida police do use license plate recognition.
Every cruiser is equipped with the technology.

WOW. I didnt see that in the news or anything like that in the story. So nice of you to make that ASSumption

Very interesting guy gets shot after he goes inside for help?

I see the Court of Public Opinion is in full deliberative mode…

The victim is black.........

Florida Applebee's shooting leaves man dead

No but a state Stand your Ground law is. Someone has their hand in their pocket? You can shoot them. Justification: "I thought he was reaching for his weapon, I considered it a threat to my personal safety and defended myself."

Applebees isn’t inside TV proper, so gate not appropriate.

We also have family in Lakewood Ranch. It is more secure in many ways, but, also if you noticed, many many ways to enter without a vehicle, and a few even with a vehicle if you looked closely...it's a HUGE area there !. You might look into Del Web community, just north of the Villages. When we have visited and played golf there, there was much more security (been nearly two years so may have changed), they always stopped us, took information, etc. Villages, even "way back" never attempted to be secure, even the service people could be truck loads of anyone...not necessarily actual service or repair people. As it's grown here, of course the changes are much much greater of things happening, it's all public roads and streets but most people just visiting get the idea that it is a secured gated community...it does have gates ... after all. If you have the $$$$, there are some really secure communities in the Orlando area. Have friends whose son is a well known sports professional, it's really secure. Went to his home with his parents, you would (I think ?) feel much more secure there, but, it comes at a high cost and still is not a guarantee !