ORLANDO, Fla -- A group of University of Central Florida students remembered one of their own Friday night.

Broadcasting students at the university's Nicholson School of Communications spent time presenting extra news coverage about Dylan Lyons, who was killed Wednesday while covering a homicide investigation in Pine Hills.

Dylan attended college at UCF — graduating in 2019 — before launching his broadcast career.

Students dedicated the first news block with stories about their former classmate, which included the shooting incident that claimed his life and injured Spectrum News 13 photojournalist Jesse Walden.

Students at UCF said Dylan was considered a hero around the communications department, and most within the school seem to know he had a future in broadcasting.

Those who knew him said Lyons spent his college years at UCF building the foundation of what would lead to a promising career. 

Former classmates remember him fondly.

“It’s always nice to hear when your fellow classmates get jobs in the field they want, especially in this field of journalism,” said Jasmine Haynes.

“It is such a difficult career to go into and it is all about competition," she continued. "So I was jealous, but I was super happy when I heard that he landed in Gainesville, it was not so far away, so that was good."

One of Dylan’s first jobs out of college was working at a television station in Gainesville.

Jeremy Brener, who also attended classes at the same time as Dylan, said he knew while they were in school together that his classmate would be successful in television, and is sad that his friend's career got cut short.

“Dylan, with no question, would have had a very long career in in the field and would have told a lot of stories that needed to be told," Brener said. "And it’s really sad that those stories won’t be told by him.”

Nicholson School of Journalism senior instructor Rick Brunson, who taught several of Dylan's classes at UCF, said he remembered his student well.

“Oh my goodness, he was a classy guy," Brunson said. "I think he would come to class wearing a tie — I don’t even wear a tie. He would come walking in with a nice shirt and he was always looking sharp."