Paramedic Shooting Victim Out Of The Hospital, Suspect Still At Large

February 1, 2011

An Escambia County paramedic is out of the hospital after being shot Friday night, and deputies are continuing to search for a suspect.

At around 9:03 p.m. Friday night, deputies responded to the 1100 block of W. Hayes Street for an emergency assistance call from an Escambia County EMS unit.

When deputies arrived they discovered paramedic Brandon Richie, 28, of Pensacola, had been shot in the shoulder.

Richie told deputies that he was retrieving an item from a bag located inside his ambulance when someone tapped him on the back. As he turned around he was shot. According to Richie, the suspect was a either a light skinned black male or a white male wearing a lime green jacket. The jacket may have NASCAR type patches sewn onto it.

The incident occurred at an EMS staging post, just blocks from Baptist Hospital and very near the Escambia County Jail. One of the responding deputies rushed the injured medic to the emergency room at Baptist in a sheriff’s cruiser.

Richie began his employment with Escambia County on April 20, 2004. He became a fulltime paramedic on August 24, 2010.

“Our investigators are interviewing several people and following a number of leads,” said Sheriff’s spokesperson Deputy Chris Welborn. “We have received a number of tips from members of the community and encourage anyone with information to call us.”

Anyone with information concerning the identity of the shooter is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9620 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.

Pictured above: An Escambia County EMS medic was shot Friday night at 1125 Hayes Street in Pensacola. Photo courtesy WEAR 3 for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Comments

2 Responses to “Paramedic Shooting Victim Out Of The Hospital, Suspect Still At Large”

  1. shay on February 2nd, 2011 1:12 am

    No he doesn’t work alone,his partner was nearby in the office(no SOG for having to be together during your tour),he was driven to the hospital because they were blocks from the hospital and it would have taken to long for the bus to arrive.

  2. Mike on February 1st, 2011 2:32 pm

    Does this Medic work alone? where was his partner? why did the deputy drive him to the hospital? Budget cuts?

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