Officer Involved Shooting Under Investigation

December 24, 2011

A man was shot outside a West Cervantes Street bar Friday night by a Pensacola police officer.

The incident happened outside Tom and Buddy’s Liquors about 5:45 p.m.  The officer in plain clothes, identified as Shawn Thompson, was not injured.

The man who was shot, 25-year old Robert Jason Donson, was transported by ambulance to Baptist Hospital. His condition was not available.

The incident is under investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, as is normal with officer involved shootings.

Pictured above: Crime scene tape surrounds a bar on Cervantes Street in Pensacola after an officer involved shooting Friday night. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Comments

5 Responses to “Officer Involved Shooting Under Investigation”

  1. billy on December 29th, 2011 12:48 am

    Thanks Pensacola Police Department. God bless you.

  2. AL on December 25th, 2011 4:37 pm

    LOL Char – because someone likes straight, fact based reporting rather than an article injected with opinion does not mean they have some special interest in the news story.

    I hope this investigation turns up a valid reason for the officer to have been involved in this… PPD doesn’t need anymore negativity.

  3. Char on December 25th, 2011 7:43 am

    @ Josh and John…. you must be cops, AND your just going to make people
    more curious. It is going to make people think there WAS something
    wrong with this shooting.

    I personally would like to know what happened, that is part of the
    Who, What, When and WHY that William is famous for with this
    News Paper.

    You do a great job William,
    MERRRY CHRISTMAS to you and YOURS.

  4. Josh on December 24th, 2011 5:26 pm

    I agree John. I always come to this website to get the facts of a story. Everyone gets a fare shake on here instead of a one sided slanted story. The other version I have read of this story was an outright trial by media of the officer before almost any of the information has been released. Thanks for the work you do William!

  5. John on December 24th, 2011 1:26 pm

    Thanks for writing an article that give facts and doesn’t make assumptions. It is appreciated compared to the slander from the other guys article. Glad this officer is ok also.