Escambia Man Indicted For September Murder

October 14, 2011

An Escambia County man has been indicted for a murder last month.

A grand jury indicted Thomas Larry Bolds for the first degree premeditated murder of 53-year-old Alvin Merriwell Lewis, Jr.

On September 22, 2011, at about 10:50 p.m., 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 wounds inside the suspect’s apartment, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.

A witness stated that Lewis had been demonstrating how he would defend himself by using a knife, but at no time threatened anyone. During Lewis’ demonstration, Bolds picked up a gun and began shooting Lewis. Lewis was shot once in the chest and seven times in the back.

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One Response to “Escambia Man Indicted For September Murder”

  1. Big Bopper on October 16th, 2011 8:27 am

    He shot this guy once in the chest and 7 times more in the back.
    I still don’t know why you would do something like that over
    a demonstration unless you felt threatened. I may just go down
    and watch this trial. I just can’t believe there isn’t more here
    than meets the eye. I guess he could have just been another
    nut we should all feel sorry for, and I should just
    help pay for the clean up of this mess and keep my opinion of
    having to do that to myself.

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