Two Arrested In Escambia Homicide; Deputies Seek Four For Questioning

April 23, 2014

Two people have been arrested in an April 14 murder, and Escambia County deputies are searching for as many seven other people for questioning.

Taris Donice Tolliver, 21 has been charged with felony murder, and Jim Edward Williams, 22, has been charged with first degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Dequarius Frederick Durant. He was shot and killed in the 100 block of Emerald Avenue in what was described as a drug deal gone wrong. Durant tried to drive away as gunfire began, but he suffered multiple gunshot wounds before crashing into a house.

“We are working with other state and federal agencies on promising leads which we believe will lead to the arrest of others,” the Escambia County Sheriff’s office said in a news release.

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said the following individuals are wanted for questioning only in the homicide:

  • Pierrie Arthur James Blankenship10/2/1990
  • Clarence Joseph Martin 4/5/1992
  • Reginald Lee Booker III 6/9/1990
  • Javon Galloway 3/12/1992

Three other individuals previously wanted for questioning have been located, the Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday afternoon.

Comments

8 Responses to “Two Arrested In Escambia Homicide; Deputies Seek Four For Questioning”

  1. MAtt on April 25th, 2014 1:45 am

    Good job, Escambia County LEOs!

  2. randy on April 24th, 2014 7:07 am

    john is so right

  3. hkemhorns on April 24th, 2014 5:48 am

    But lets take legal guns away from the American people. That’s sure to stop the problem.

  4. No Excuses on April 23rd, 2014 2:01 pm

    Great job LEOs! @ John: It’s not the President (and I’m no Obama fan) who has suggested releasing NON-violent offenders who have served more than ten years of their sentence. It was the Director of the Bureau of Prisons – Mr. Lapin, not Mr. Samuels. The reasoning behind it was the severe overcrowding problem in the federal system, and Mr. Holder has indicated that they will not stop prosecuting at the front end and plan to keep it going strong. Staff are being killed and other inmates are being hurt due to this problem. One way to reduce overcrowding is to release, on the back end, non-violent offenders who have served a substantial amount of time. The law was passed in 2010 and is just now being implemented. Each inmate will be scrutinized and if they meet the rather stringent criteria for release, then they will be CONSIDERED. This is not a wholesale release of convicted felons. Others out there, please research the act before you comment on it. Most of you are misguided. I personally believe that each inmate should serve their time, but if it becomes necessary to release them, then the ones they are looking at should be the ones released. Most of them are your neighbor/my neighbor – they just got caught.

  5. Predra on April 23rd, 2014 12:34 pm

    I lost count does anyone know how many murders and or shootings happened this month in Escambia fl?

  6. mick on April 23rd, 2014 12:03 pm

    Round up all the guilty parties and put them away for so long they won’t even remember their names. As far as the actual killer…an eye for an eye.

  7. john on April 23rd, 2014 6:40 am

    What are we gonna do when we can no longer afford to house and feed all these criminals. Build more prisons hire more guards (Don’t have the money). Put them on their own island like the British did and let them kill each other. Or turn them loose to roam our streets (That’s what our president wants to do) The worst idea. Or run the electric chair,leathal injection around the clock. Somethings got to give. And one day it will.

  8. billy on April 23rd, 2014 3:22 am

    Thank you Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.

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