Escambia Man Refuses To Cooperate With Deputies After Being Shot

March 11, 2011

A 31-year-old Escambia County man refused to cooperate with responding deputies after being shot early this morning.

At around 1:29 a.m. deputies responded to the 700 block of Old Corry Field Road for a reported shooting. When they arrived they found Sylvester Dearil Moultrie lying on the ground, injured by a gunshot wound to his legs.

Deputies said Moultrie refused to say what happened or provide any information concerning the suspects.

According to a witness, Moultrie was sitting in a late 1990’s model white Ford Taurus, parked on Old Corry Field Road near Merito Street, and he was involved in a verbal argument with the other occupants.

The witness told deputies that he heard a gunshot and saw Moultie being pushed out of the vehicle. He said the vehicle then sped away, heading north on Old Corry Field Road.

“Whether the victim wants our help or not, we need to get these thugs off the street,” said Sheriff’s spokesperson Deputy Chris Welborn. “The vehicle was said to be occupied by two black males wearing masks and armed with a high-powered firearm. If anyone can help identify these suspects, we’re asking them to contact us.”

Moultrie was transported to Baptist Hospital for treatment.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9620 or  Gulf Coast Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.

Comments

13 Responses to “Escambia Man Refuses To Cooperate With Deputies After Being Shot”

  1. David Huie Green on March 14th, 2011 7:14 am

    Doctors aren’t police, so there’s no reason not to help the poor fellow, just no reason to expect to stop the ones who shot him. Maybe he’s afraid they’ll finish the job if he speaks. Maybe he figures he had it coming. (unlikely) Maybe he figures if they’re caught, he’ll be implicated in a worse crime.

    David thinking even if they find
    two black males still wearing masks,
    it might not be the same two

  2. Everett on March 14th, 2011 5:33 am

    No police cooperation, no medical attention.

  3. Jim W on March 13th, 2011 1:40 pm

    @Just is: Now, that is what I consider to be a compounding of problems. I have to agree.

  4. Just is on March 13th, 2011 7:29 am

    One comment made called someone narrowminded for being curious as to the race of the perps. I say, “go stick your head back into the sand” Folks, we have a real problem on our hands. 12-13% of a population group garners 50% of exposure on TV and in prison. Statistics are not racist. But it does seem that anyone questioning anything to do with facts surrounding a group is labeled that way. Now, that is what I consider to be a compounding of problems.

  5. got-2- sa- it on March 13th, 2011 6:32 am

    He refused to cooperate with deputies ??…Also sounds like he refused to cooperate with the 2 thugs that shot him in the legs too….shoot him in the foot..bet he will tell who done it then !!!

  6. David Huie Green on March 12th, 2011 5:03 pm

    REGARDING:
    “Personally, I couldn’t care less about what race, religion, color, etc. the person or persons are.
    It only seems to be an issue for a few narrow-minded folks.”

    You see narrow-minded folks, I see certainty we don’t have to suspect Koreans, Japanese, Javanese, Chinese, Czechs, Chileans, Slovakians, Siberians, Serbs, Austrians, Australians, Argentineans, Finns, Mongolians, Germans, Poles, Austrians, Lithuanians, Libyans, Irish, Italians, Iraqis, Bulgarians, Byelorussians, Belgians, Eskimos, English or Estonians.

    Eliminate all it isn’t and you will know who it is.

    David for narrowing the suspect list

  7. WEAR last to know on March 12th, 2011 5:35 am

    to Just An Old Soldier
    “This idiotic attitude is leading to the senseless deaths of tens of thousands in our country and injury to many more”

    Thats good,let them kill each other off,since I can’t legally do it. There’s no since in locking up the suspects-waste of tax payers money- I say give em all guns,drugs,and alcohol, let em act and live like animals, but don’t lock em up and provice food,medicine,and a roof over their worthless heads.

  8. Voice of reason on March 12th, 2011 5:09 am

    Personally, I couldn’t care less about what race, religion, color, etc. the person or persons are.

    It only seems to be an issue for a few narrow-minded folks.

  9. Just An Old Soldier on March 11th, 2011 8:58 pm

    When people are victims and they know who the perpetrators are, it is time they put aside the childish notion of “don’t be a snitch”, or the jailhouse notion of “don’t be a rat” and give Law Enforcement something to work with, anything else is just obstruction of Justice.

    This idiotic attitude is leading to the senseless deaths of tens of thousands in our country and injury to many more. And it’s stupid. Senseless.

    “Thug Life?” No, it’s Thug LIE.

  10. Dave on March 11th, 2011 2:32 pm

    At least Northescambia prints the race. PNJ refuses to do so.

  11. Cynical on March 11th, 2011 1:40 pm

    I wonder if the victim is planning to “take care of it” himself?

    That would not bode well for anyone.

  12. Jim W on March 11th, 2011 1:18 pm

    Something smelling a little fishy about this one!

  13. whitepunknotondope on March 11th, 2011 1:09 pm

    “The vehicle was said to be occupied by two black males…”

    Yeah, it usually is.

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