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Murder Charges Expected After Cantonment Shooting Victim Dies
May 3, 2011
A woman shot outside a Highway 29 convenience Sunday morning has died, and charges against a North Escambia man are expected be upgraded to murder.
Jennifer E. Gilbert, 22, of Pensacola, was shot in the head outside the Circle K and Wendy’s on Highway 29 at Kingsfield Road just after 9 a.m. while she was seated in her Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Gilbert was transported by LifeFlight to Sacred Heart Hospital where she passed away Monday afternoon.
Attempted murder charges were filed Sunday against 30-year old Isreal Marell Taylor of Bateson Lane, Cantonment, but those charges are expected to be upgrade to at least second degree murder. He remains in jail on $300,000 bond.
Pictured above: A Pensacola woman was shot at the Circle K at Highway 29 and Kingsfield Road Sunday morning. Pictured inset: An Escambia County Sheriff’s Office crime scene investigator photographs the car in which Jennifer Gilbert was shot. NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Smith, click to enlarge.
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22 Responses to “Murder Charges Expected After Cantonment Shooting Victim Dies”
Hey steph I was so shockd to hear that all of our prayers r goin out to u an ur family kno we thinkin of yal n woolmarket ms love u I cant believe there is a bond he needs life call me if u needa talk get my num from lester love yal he needs life wit ole a bond
Jamie I feel for you and all the rest of the family and their friends. But your attenpting to defend him when it appears he might have been a very different man with adults than with you. Sorry for the loss.
@ jaime..finish school b4 u comment on adult matters. If i murdered someone u better believe my kids wouldnt believe i did it either. Ur dad has problems. I worked with jennifer 5 days a week. I would talk to is(nt)real almost everyday while he waited for her to finish side work. He is a very controlling man. Ive seen it right infront of me. Basically im saying this isnt the place to defend him. The proofs in the pudding.
this was horrible. justice will never be served in this case. no matter what they do to him it cant bring her back or fix the lives he has destroyed
isreal is guilty there is video. he murdered my baby sister brutally he will pay. you obvisiuoly didnt know him well. he stalked and knew he was going to kill my sister. he emptied her bank account twice and left. she took him back time and time again…just she he could lie cheat and steal from her again…and then murder her. he is guilty….and i feel sorry for those who think he is innocent. leah crys alllllll night long bc she was attached to jennifers hip. and shes here no more.
i want to say im sorry to the gilbert famiy that jennifer had lost her life my prayers go out to the gilbert family expecially to clover and leah i cant express the way i feel right now besides saying im sorry and all i do is thinking of the girls i cant stop thinking of them i love you clover and leah
how do you no isreal did it where you with him or where you with her hmmm this is weird are you sure you didnt do just watch justice will be served when it comes back NOT GUILTY THAT MEANS INNOCENT IF YOU DIDNT NO THAT IS MY STEP FATHER AND HE WOULD NEVER I MEAN NEVER TAKE ANYONES LIFE THANKS
Abuse should never be tolerated. This is the end results of that abuse. If you allow people to abuse you then you are empowering them. If you are in one of these kinds of relationships don’t just walk away but run as fast as you can. I don’t care how much they apoligize it will not stop. Here is proof positive of this fact. Just saying.
Isreal did do it – there’s proof………………he was a horrible man who constantly harrassed and stalked jennifer. Isreal will go to prison for the rest of his life and justice will be served!
I’m all for the Death penalty in a case like this. Fry him…
Let this be a wake-up call to anyone being abused/stalked! GET AWAY FROM THAT PERSON!!! Anyway, anywhere you can to be safe! Maybe her death will wake someone up who has been abused or stalked and save their life. IF so, it may give some consolation to the family, that this death was not in vain.
@Lynn Godwin..while I am understanding your comment and concern, crimes of passion happen and it doesn’t matter if you have an officer on every corner, crime can and does happen in the best of neighborhoods, it doesn’t mean that if a law enforcement officer Captain or not, doesn’t care about it. Put, your trust in the Lord, and pray for his protection on yourself and your family and friends, and special protection for our law enforcement officers. I pray for the families affected by this senseless act.
It may or may not have stopped this from happening, but the some of the officers in Cantonment and Molino areas are working by themselves. It is crazy. What is our sheriff thinking? This is putting us as citizens in an increased position of danger. Not to mention the officers.
Even the Captain of their patrol officers is from this area. Does he just not care about his neighbors or the officers. It is disgraceful. Be careful everybody. We don’t have much to depend on besides each other. I’m not forgetting those few officers we do have out there. We thank you too. Please be safe.
Andrew….Well said!
Domestice violence most likely always ends up with someone being kileed.
@Jaime, It’s obvious to me that you didn’t know Jennifer, or if you did, at least not very well. I only knew her as an acquaintance and it was made public back then even to me that he stalked her and threatened her violently. All of her friends warned her that he was going to do something like this, and he did. None of her friends are surprised, although all of them are deeply upset.
children are always the victim of irrational and overly emotional adults. Adults make mistakes too. it just seems adult mistakes are worse than child mistakes. I pray for the families involved.
i wish never had happened ok and his daughter would be my step sister and my heart goes out to her family andthe kids this really crazy im speechless how could this happen those girls dont deserve this but god has a plan for her may god be with her family she was a fighter and she was
@Jaime
I understand that you feel the need to stand by your family member. With that being said… when there is an article notifying the public about a tragic death, it is not the time to try to defend the accused. You started out giving your condolences, then went directly into defense mode! This is not the time nor place. If he is not guilty his lawyer will provide an alibi, and he will be out soon enough!!!
my thoughts go out to jennifers family expecially to the girls and isreal didnt do it he has proof that it wasnt him and he wasnt around for it imsorry guys for real omg no child should live without there parents neither of them
prayers for her family and friends! this is sad!!
My heart and prayers go out to the friends and family of Jennifer.
Second degree murder? How do you have to kill someone to get first degree?