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Arrest Made In Overnight Murder
September 23, 2011
Deputies have made an arrest in the overnight shooting death of an Escambia County man.
About 10:50 p.m. Thursday, deputies responded to a call of shots fired at the Moorings Apartments on Old Spanish Trail Road. When they arrived they found the victim, 53-year old Alvin Merriwell Lewis Jr. dead from multiple gunshot woulds inside the suspect’s apartment, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.
Thomas Larry Bolds, 67, of 8491 Old Spanish Trail Road (pictured), was arrested and charged with homicide.
According to witnesses, Lewis had been demonstrating how he would defend himself by using a knife, but at no time threatened anyone. During Lewis’s demonstration, Bolds picked up a gun and began shooting Lewis, deputies said.
Bolds was transported to the Escambia County Jail and held without bond.
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2 Responses to “Arrest Made In Overnight Murder”
Looks like someone brought a knife to a gun fight.
Old men sitting around an apartment with guns and knives just having another
night of fun and games.
Oops – One Dead and One in Jail for Murder. How does that happen?
People old enough to know better, I hope there were no children around those
apartments.