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Arrest Made After Bratt Shooting; Victim Found In Car In Century

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a a man found Monday night outside an ambulance substation in Century.

Jedd Jackson Grimes, 23, of Hall Creek Road Brewton was shot at a residence on Highway 168 near Bratt about 9:20 Monday night. According to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Department report, Grimes was at a home at 3445 Highway 168, near Wiggins Road north of the Bratt community.

Scottie Ladon Smith, 38, of Walnut Hill was charged with aggravated battery against a person with a deadly weapon and firing a weapon into a vehicle, both second degree felonies. Smith’s mugshot is at left.

Deputies were called to the EMS substation in Century at 9:44 after the EMS crew found Grimes shot in a Mercury Sable outside the building. The sheriff’s department report says Grimes suffered a gunshot wound to his upper chest and left arm from a 12 gauge shotgun and some other type wound to his head.

Late Monday night, deputies responded to Smith’s residence on Highway 168 and placed him under arrest. The police report states that Smith said he was at his residence when Jedd Grimes came over to pick up his girlfriend from the residence. Smith said Grimes and his girlfriend began to argue and physically fight. Smith said he seperated the two. Smith told deputies that Grimes began to drink heavily and threaten several other people that were in the yard. Smith told deputies that Jedd Grimes began to drive erratically in the yard, then begain to beat on his own vehicle.

Deputies say Smith retrieved a shotgun and fire a shot at the rear of Grime’s Mercury Sable. Smtih told deputies that Grimes then made a circle in the yard and hit Smith’s Pontiac. Smith told deputies that Grimes then drove toward him, at which time he fired at the front of the vehicle.

Jedd Grimes was driven to the EMS substation by his uncle, Freddie Grimes. Deputies say Jedd Grimes drove to Freddie Grimes’ home and told him that he had been shot at Smith’s residence. Freddie Grimes told deputies that he tried to drive the victim to Jay Hospital, but was held up by a train and returned to the EMS substation on Industrial Boulevard in Century.

Jedd Grimes was transported by ambulance to the McDavid Fire Station and then transported by LifeFlight to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.

Smith was booked into the Escambia County Jail and released on a $40,000 bond.

Pictured above top: Deputies question Freddie Grimes who said he drove shooting victim Jedd Jackson Grimes to an ambulance substation in Century Monday night. Pictured above middle: Jedd Grimes is treated inside this ambulance in Century Monday night. Pictured below: A deputy looks inside the vehicle where shooting victim Jedd Grimes was discovered. Pictured bottom: A crime scene unit arrives at the scene. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.