Third Suspect Arrested In Attempted Homicide

March 5, 2013

The third suspect in an attempted homicide that occurred in 2012 was arrested Sunday.
Kenneth Weathers, 22, of 1013 North L St., Pensacola, was taken into custody Sunday afternoon by Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies.
Weathers was wanted on an outstanding Pensacola Police Department warrant for  attempted homicide and firing into an occupied vehicle for an incident that occurred September 17, 2012, at Tarragona and Hernandez streets. In that incident, a 20-year-old male was sitting in a car when he was shot.
An officer on patrol near Tarragona and Hernandez streets heard the gun shots, responded to the area and saw a truck leave the area at a high rate of speed. Officers followed the truck and arrested two males – Ulysses Samuel Jr., 34, of the 700 block of Fowler Avenue, Pensacola and Aquarius Devaughn, 17, of the 2500 block of North Seventh Avenue, Pensacola.

Both were charged with possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. In addition to the arrests, officers also  recovered three guns from the truck.

Detective Justin Roedel said the victim was shot during a disturbance. Roedel said multiple suspects shot into the vehicle.
The Gun Crime Task Force was activated for the investigation, and additional arrests are  pending as the investigation continues, Roedel said.

On Sunday, deputies saw a vehicle fail to completely stop at a stop sign at Roosevelt and Crescent drives and followed it. The vehicle pulled into a driveway in the 200 block of Crescent
Drive. Weathers was driving the car; the other two occupants got out and ran but also were captured. All suspects were arrested on drug charges by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News