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Man Shot In Davisville Thursday Evening; Manhunt Follows As He Flees
October 3, 2008
Authorities are investigating a shooting that occurred near the Davisville community Thursday evening in an incident that ended with a manhunt for the victim.
A male subject was shot at a home on Deer Lake Road about 5:45 p.m. Thursday by a female at the home on the isolated dirt road.
“It was a domestic violence related shooting,” Sgt. Steve Smith with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department told NorthEscambia.com.
The male was reported to have been shot in the face by the female, but he fled the scene before deputies arrived.
Deputies established a perimeter and searched the area but were not immediately able to locate the man. He was found nearly an hour later by the sheriff’s department helicopter, hiding just off Rockaway Creek Road, about a mile and a third from the original shooting location.
He was transported by ambulance to an awaiting Lifeflight helicopter at the Walnut Hill Community Center on Highway 97. The helicopter had been on the ground at the community center waiting for about an hour for the injured man to be located and transported. He was able to walk from the back of the ambulance to a stretcher, speaking cordially to members of the Walnut Hill Volunteer Fire Department.
The male was transported by Lifeflight to Baptist Hospital in Pensacola with superficial gunshot wounds, Smith said. He was not immediately charged with any crime.
The female involved in the incident was not injured, and she was not immediately charged with any crime.
The entire incident is still under investigation, Smith said. He declined to release the names of the individuals involved due to the ongoing investigation.
Pictured above: Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies and Atmore Ambulance crew members stage at Young Road and Rockaway Creek Road at sunset Thursday as a search continued in the area for a man shot in a domestic dispute. Pictured below: The shooting victim is loaded into an ambulance on Rockaway Creek Road, over a mile away from the original shooting location. Pictured bottom. The shooting victim was transported by ambulance to the Walnut Hill Community Center and transferred to Lifeflight. NorthEscambia.com exclusive photos, click to enlarge.
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