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Man Shot In Face Last Week Remains In Escambia County Jail
October 9, 2008
A man that was shot in the face last Thursday night before becoming the focus of a manhunt in the Davisville area remains in the Escambia County Jail.
Eric Wayne Hendrix, 38, is being held in the Escambia County Jail without bond on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without the intent to kill and criminal mischief. He also faces battery charges on an outstanding warrant, as well as charges of violation of probation. Hendrix is pictured left in his jail booking photo.
Hendrix was shot at a home on Deer Lake Road about 5:45 p.m. last Thursday, October 2 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 then night of the incident.
Hendrix 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 Hendrix. 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.
Hendrix 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 him to be located and transported. Hendrix was able to walk from the back of the ambulance to a stretcher, speaking cordially to members of the Walnut Hill Volunteer Fire Department.
Hendrix was transported by Lifeflight to Baptist Hospital in Pensacola with superficial gunshot wounds, Smith said. He was taken to the Escambia County Jail after being released from the hospital
The female involved in the incident was not injured, and she was not charged with any crime. Her name has not been released since she was the alleged victim of domestic violence.
Pictured above: Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies and Atmore Ambulance crew members stage at Young Road and Rockaway Creek Road at sunset last Thursday as a search continued in the area for Eric Wayne Hendrix after he was shot in a domestic dispute. Pictured below: Hendrix is loaded into an ambulance on Rockaway Creek Road, over a mile away from the original shooting location. Pictured bottom. Hendrix 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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Outstanding journalism. Fantastic photos supporting facts. It’s great to see a site that is promoting truth in reporting events which might otherwise go unnoticed or perhaps be misconstued. I would love to see such a site in the Perdido area also.