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Escambia County Murder Under Investigation
January 12, 2016
A Monday murder is under investigation in Escambia County.
About 12:28 a.m., the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office responded to reported gunfire at the Beauclerc Apartments on East Burgess Road. When deputies arrived on scene they found 23-year old Darel Devonte Mims dead from a gunshot wound inside an apartment.
Witnesses told deputies two armed black males entered the apartment and demanded the people inside empty their pockets at gun point. Witnesses then told deputies the suspects located Mims inside another room and that’s when they heard a gunshot. Both suspects then fled the apartment.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9630 or CrimeStoppers at (850) 433-STOP.
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One Response to “Escambia County Murder Under Investigation”
Wow, Burgess Road, ahem, has it’s “degentrification” underway, who’d a thought? Property owners will be seeing their property taxes go down, at least, if appraisals are kept up to date & accurate. Is no neighborhood safe from this insidious malignant growth?