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‘A Terribly Sad Day In Pensacola’: Toddler Killed, Man Injured In Shooting
July 15, 2011
A 19-month old toddler was shot and killed Friday afternoon in Pensacola in an incident that also left a 21-year old man in the hospital with a gunshot wound.
“It’s a terribly sad day in Pensacola when the actions of some people result in the death of an innocent child,” Pensacola Police Chief Chip Simmons said.
Police said 19 month-old Tyquaris Moultrie was killed and his uncle, 21 year-old Vincent Dennis, was injured in the shooting just after 2 p.m. at Pensacola Village. The police chief said an altercation over drugs is believed to have led to multiple shots being fired into an apartment.
Witnesses said three to four males ran from the scene after the shooting. Simmons said officers are pursuing leads on suspects.
“We have all available manpower working on this case, and are not going to rest until we take those who are responsible into custody,” said Simmons.
Moultrie was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital where he died a short time later. Dennis also was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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31 Responses to “‘A Terribly Sad Day In Pensacola’: Toddler Killed, Man Injured In Shooting”
I live in a nice area of town and I guess for whatever reason people never talk about all the evil that goes on. I think that unless you know this girl you should not judge her.I guess I am just as bad as people judging cause it makes me sick when I see how everyone supports war and helping other countries but cant stand to help anyone here. But also I see what kind of town this is when other murders have happened to certain people people want to help people but not this girl people just put her down this is so sad
“My God” “My God I can picture the hurt of the family love ones and firnd
My life was also shattered with the murder of my 19 year old daughter in Cleveland Ohio the pain and misery will never go away, the human race I don’t think so, How about human disgrace, savages and beast walking everyday among us with siver bullets waiting and seeking to a true and devoted human.
Justice must be served in this unlawful tragedy that comes from a savage and beast who carries no guilt for a crime so dreadful. Dealth to the heartless soul I rest my case
@ Scott Lassiter — Yes i believe you can call Monsters just exactly what they are. They are not human in the truest sense of the word. However, they want to demand respect when they know nothing about the dignity of a true human being. My daddy died in 1976 and i well remember calling a terrible criminal an “animal” — Daddy told me that even animals (with the exception of a few rouges) did not do the horrible things some of these monsters are doing. He told me it was an insult to the animal kingdom to call murderers and rapists, etc. animals. So, if they are not human beings and not animals it stands to reason that they are , therefore, MONSTERS. For the life of me i can not understand why anyone would have a baby in the environment that festers in Pensacola village and other similar places in country. still my heart goes out to the innocent little children that are forced to live there and in most cases will grow up to become just like the generation that produced them. All we have is hope for a better future but that is fading quickly as society continues in a downward spiral.
Repeating a thank you to David Huie Green..whom I’ve never had the honor to met, you seem so intelligent but more importantly seem to have some COMMON sense…We all have choices in life…we all make mistakes…we are suppose to learn from those mistakes & not habitually continue to repeat them &d for the love of God not wallow in them & have the “poor-pitiful-me” syndrome…so get off you posterior end, find some way to better yourself & stop whining about missed opportunities…There are FREE literacy class taught all the time…FREE parenting classes…FREE BIRTH-CONTROL…I could go on & on…but as my granddaddy always said…”you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink”…Thanks for your time!
Nicely put David Green.
Life is about choices and some self initiative from day one.
America: Land of oppurtunity, not entitlement.
This is @ David Green you are spot on man. Well said indeed.
THANK YOU DHG.
I get so tired of people who think their problems are everyone else’s.
Like they don’t think we help every chance we get, but will not put
the security of OUR OWN at risk to help those who made bad choices.
This IS AMERICA and people swim here every day and achieve and
learn through adversity that others will never understand. They do
something that too many do not and won’t.
They get loans, they go to school, they WORK! There are many
grants to help the poor and needy and many resources.
NO CHILD should be raised in a drug infested, crime ridden
hell hole. If you didn’t see it coming the first time… fine, but
their is no excuse after that.
regarding:
“BEFORE YOU SIT UP IN YOUR COMFORTABLE HOMES WITH YOUR CUPBOARDS FULL OF GROCERYS AND PASS JUDGEMENT ON THESE POVERISHED PEOPLE WHY DONT YOU REACH OUT AND HELP A YOUNG MOTHER WITH KIDS WITH NO HOME NO HUSBAND ”
You act like certain people were born with comfortable homes and some people were born with drug addict boyfriends and children already in place.
If a home is comfortable, it’s because someone built it and maintained it that way. They worked to get it and worked to keep it and worked to keep it up.
If a person is hooking up with drug dealers and addicts or people who don’t care enough to care for the children they father or the children they got pregnant, it’s because they chose to do so. Not everybody does, so please be honest and don’t act like they didn’t have a choice.
If they don’t have a job, it’s quite often because they didn’t develop the skills to get and hold a job. If they don’t have an education, it’s usually because they decided to not cooperate with the educational system — “Cain’t nobody tell me what to do!” attitude.
If the neighbors didn’t report criminal activity, with names and places, they are helping it happen. If they don’t cooperate with law enforcement, they are making certain something like it happens again.
I don’t know this particular person. Don’t know why anyone would shoot a child three times. I DO know the people sitting in their “comfortable homes” didn’t shoot anybody in Pensacola Village, didn’t hold the mother back, didn’t make her a mother before she was ready in the first place, didn‘t pick a loser for her.
David for honesty
and personal responsibility
It’s odd that none of the news coverage says anything about who the father is. The mother is 21 and is 5 months PG with another baby.There well may be other siblings. Part of the problem with the “Village” is the warehousing of people. While there are some good people living there —for each of them there are many more “hood want a be’s”. There is a lot of fear in the Village, so when “shots are fired” everyone goes blind also. Some will talk with LEO on the QT by phone later, but it’s trust that has been built on a one on one basis and the callers name can never be used because of a fear of reprisal. The truly sad part is that there are multiple generations of families living there who can not get a job because they can not read or write and it will carry on to generation after generation.
jesus is the answer !
sad that little Tyquaris Moultrie was the victim here. he did nothing wrong nor did he have any say in where he stayed. what his mamma and baby daddy does should not affect him but we see it usually does. in this case it was just living in a rough area! very sad and tragic for the family and friends.
I hope the responsible persons are caught and brought to justice.
Little ones should be safe in their own home!
I personally feel the death penalty should apply in the death of a child in the process of committing a felony. If we can not protect innocent children then we as people(Adults) are failures. The innocent child never had the right to a fair trial. The evil ( I can not say, call names,or do what I want to do due to the rights of the accused.) will have a fair and impartial trial. The child’s gravestone will only state the born and died date.These two monsters (can I call them that without violating their rights) will have a very long death row stay with very many dates to be determined. Where is the justice ? I f we could hang em’ high from the nearest tree a.s.a.p. it would help a little. At least for the parent(s) anyway. I am in a way glad, not overjoyed by any means, that the majority of this kind of crime will continue to take place in South Escambia and not spread up here.
HERE’S THE THING WE ALL TO OFTEN CASUALLY READ THE STORYS OF OTHER LIFE’S PASSING OUR JUDGEMENT ON WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT AND WHAT WE THINK IS WRONG , TRUTH IS A BABY IS DEAD AND THOUSANDS MORE WILL DIE BUT AS LONG AS WE SIT OUR BUSY BODIES ON THE INTERNET AND DO NOTHING TO HELP, TO OFFER NOTHING MORE THAN OUR JUDGEMENTS THEN WE WILL READ PLENTY MORE SAD SICK STORY’S JUST LIKE THIS. POVERTY IS REAL IT SUCKS BEING POOR BUT BEFORE YOU SIT UP IN YOUR COMFORTABLE HOMES WITH YOUR CUPBOARDS FULL OF GROCERYS AND PASS JUDGEMENT ON THESE POVERISHED PEOPLE WHY DONT YOU REACH OUT AND HELP A YOUNG MOTHER WITH KIDS WITH NO HOME NO HUSBAND IF WE ALL HELP ONE MOTHER IMAGINE THE IMPACT , MINISTER TO THESE WOMEN SHOW THEM, TEACH THEM , LOVE THEM BUT STOP JUDGING THEM !!
A lot of you are confused, the shots were fired into the apartment, the deal was going down outside, and when you living in poverty sometimes these are the only places that you can afford to live in. A lot of good nieghborhoods have fallen into this situation, they either cannot afford to move or have lived there all thier lives and it is there home. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone, especially if you dont have all the facts.
If everyone who was in this complex at the time of this incident claims, they
know no evil, saw no evil then lock them all up as an accessory. Everyone
knows what goes on in these buildings. Every night they all hang out
and they know who hangs with who, and who knows who and does what.
This is no more than a small town right in a building complex.
The police need to solve this or they ALL GO DOWN.
@deBugger..no we are not in a big city as you mentioned..but our crime rate is just as high..& WE as citizens need to realize that THIS IS PENSACOLA..& YES a lot of bad things happens in our lil town.
or what the baby could have been exposed to in his lifetime…this world is getting worse and worse…RIP Sweet Baby<3
Another reason to take children from those testing positive for drugs when trying to obtain welfare under the new Florida welfare requirements. No child deserves to grow up in that kind of environment!
This precious baby is in a better place and a lot better off in heaven! There is no telling what this baby has been exposed too!
poor sweet little angel baby. this is a tragedy.
This is so sad. My heart just breaks for the loss of a child so young. I hope they catch all of them and make them pay dearly.
My prayers are with the family of the innocent little child..Hope they catch the thugs that did it and the Uncle should be arrested too for bringing that kind of non sense around the home..And everyone else that was involved should have to pay for it too.
Lock all of ‘um up for ever that are still living for leting this happen. They are sorryer than snake _ _ _ _
Mickey Powell
Flomaton
I hope they catch who ever did this and fry their butt!! The child never had a chance he never did anything wrong. Prayers to the family! This just goes to show how drugs will get you into trouble. When you have lost value on and of life there is a serious problem that needs be dealt with. But these fried brained people don’t care or even know they have a problem until they clean up and realize what they have done. Oh my the families of the people involved hear will also have to live with this the rest of their lives knowing an innocent child was murdered over nothing. No excuses for who ever did it either.
When you bring drugs and crime into your home, you place everyone there in harm’s way. Just sayin’.
So Stupid…
These hooligans need to wake up & realize that this IS NOT South Central Los Angeles, it IS NOT Hoodtown in Atlanta, NOT the Bronx in NY, NOT the Mexican Border, etc.
This is so so sad.. We read all too often about drug related violence, but this time it has resulted in a horrible tragedy in the death of a child.. I hope the police ID and arrest these hoodlums soon!! My prayers are with the family of this innocent child.. I have a 20 month old grandchild and I cannot imagine what they must be going through..
Jesus!!
This is uncalled for..SO SAD!!! Over freakin drugs..Some1 needs to stand up for these poor things who have parents living in high crime rate areas….especially those who have drug problems w/kids of thier own….
Just another day in Prichardcola
whoever did this should be ashamed of themselves. That baby had nothing to do with the situation. I will pray for the family that had to send their Angel home so early in life.