Man Shot Inside Vehicle In Century, Suspect Search Continues

October 8, 2015

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One person was shot inside a vehicle somewhere in Century Wednesday night, and the search for the suspect is continuing.

A female driver pulled into the Whataburger parking lot on North Century Boulevard with multiple bullet holes in her Dodge Charger.  A male passenger who been shot fled the from the scene before authorities arrived, according to Sgt. Andrew Hobbs, spokesperson for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.

The male gunshot victim reportedly called emergency officials to say that he had been shot and that he was headed to the Raceway store at Highway 29 and Muscogee Road in Cantonment (pictured left), and then called back to say he was on his way to the Walmart on Pensacola Boulevard in Ensley. He never arrived at either location. The victim eventually arrived for treatment at West Florida Hospital, reportedly in critical condition.

The female driver of the vehicle was not injured.

Deputies have not released where the shooting occurred, but they said that it did not occur at the Whataburger.

The vehicle in the restaurant parking lot had numerous bullet holes visible in the trunk and in the rear passenger door area. The back driver’s side passenger window and the rear window of the vehicle were blown mostly out of the vehicle. Trajectory rods place by a crime scene investigator seemed to indicate that the shots were fired from behind the Dodge Charger.

A spokesperson for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said their investigation is active and continuing. More details will be posted as they become available on NorthEscambia.com.

For a photo gallery, click here.

Pictured top: A vehicle with multiple bullet holes arrived at the Whataburger in Century Wednesday night. Picture top inset: Deputies await the arrival of a shooting victim at the Raceway on Highway 29 at Muscogee Road in Cantonment. Pictured bottom inset: An Escambia County Sheriff’s Office crime scene technician processed the vehicle. Pictured below: Numbered trajectory rods show the paths of the multiple gunshots into the vehicle. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

Comments

7 Responses to “Man Shot Inside Vehicle In Century, Suspect Search Continues”

  1. tg on October 9th, 2015 7:14 am

    Well Becky call the Hotline and close this case.

  2. john on October 9th, 2015 5:43 am

    The Lord God, should start over with the town of Century!

  3. becky on October 8th, 2015 7:27 pm

    Its not a drug deal smh it’s all over a damn girl who ain’t worth getting no trouble for!!!! They better wake up and realize females come and go and the guy who got shot looks like they was trying to kill him smh

  4. chris on October 8th, 2015 12:14 pm

    @molinoman: There are in fact some thriving cash and carry businesses in Century. May want to at least capitalize on market demand.

  5. century on October 8th, 2015 11:24 am

    I’m so tired of everybody who doesn’t stay in century always saying it’s a drug deal gone wrong when something happens here, please believe me some of us does have jobs, century isn’t a bad place sometime bad things happens there just as it does everywhere else, so stop with assuming things you don’t know, and my prayers goes out to the young man who was shot

  6. Kathy on October 8th, 2015 8:13 am

    This sounds like a drug deal gone wrong, they need to stop all this street drugs and work for a living,

  7. molinoman on October 8th, 2015 7:58 am

    This would make a nice header image for the new $20,000 dollar Century website.

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