Nine Mile Walgreens Robbery Suspect Id’d As Kentucky Officer-Involved Shooting Suspect

March 21, 2018

Update: The suspect in a Nine Mile Walgreens robbery Wednesday morning has been identified as 32-year old David P. or Davis Vaughn, who is also wanted in connection with an officer-involved shooting in Boone County, Kentucky.

A Kentucky deputy fired at Vaughn on Monday because he feared he was about to be run over. The incident started when two deputies responded to a suspicious person complaint at a gas station where Vaughn was allegedly shooting up heroin. Deputies reported difficulty in handcuffing him due to his physical sizes, at which time he placed his vehicle in drive and a deputy fired four shots out of fear for his well-being. The vehicle was later found abandoned.

In Kentucky, Vaughn is wanted for a probation violation, along with aggravated burglary,  fleeing or evading police, two counts of assault, two-counts of wanton endangerment, theft, heroin possession and tampering with physical evidence.

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said Vaughn is considered dangerous and should not be approached. Anyone with information on his whereabouts should call 911.

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Deputies are searching for a man that robbed a Walgreens at gunpoint this morning.

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said the man walked into the Walgreens on Nine Mile Road at Pine Forest Road about 8:15 this morning and pointed a gun at the clerk and demanded pills. He fled the store in a maroon Nissan Rogue (pictured below).

Anyone with information on the holdup is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP or the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9620.

Images courtesy Escambia County Sheriff’s Office for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Comments

20 Responses to “Nine Mile Walgreens Robbery Suspect Id’d As Kentucky Officer-Involved Shooting Suspect”

  1. Pat on March 23rd, 2018 12:51 pm

    J- Can’t regulate heroin. The death rates, crime rates and incarceration rates are about to go through the roof. The only ones that will make money is the politicians,pharmaceutical and insurance companies. You do realize the less you are prescribed the more you have to pay? That will leave the junkies desperate for money and drugs. These regulations will do nothing but make it worst!

  2. J on March 22nd, 2018 11:48 pm

    Pat… the real problem currently is opioids. The life cycle of a heroin addict typically begins with opioids. Once their prescription runs out or the cost becomes too much, they turn to heroin. The future problem will certainly be heroin after opioids start to get regulated more heavily. Regardless, overall the lack of making good choices is the real problem.

  3. Sunny on March 22nd, 2018 12:39 pm

    SAD? You people think this is SAD because he uses drugs? What a joke ! There is nothing sad about him, but sad the way he made the Walgreens pharmacy clerk feel when he pointed a gun at their face and head. Hopefully the clerk gave him a bottle of non prescription drugs similar looking to prescription drugs. Every Pharmacy should have a fake pill section, and only used for robberies. A robber isn’t going to stand there and open the bottle. If this thug wanted help, he could go to any medical facility and shout out to them. I hope he is found soon. I’m looking for him in that Rogue. He’s extra large and not hard to see, and I haven’t seen too many Rogue’s that color either. The Rogue may be stolen since he abandoned his car in Kentucky.

  4. Pat on March 22nd, 2018 10:18 am

    The REAL PROBLEM IS HEROIN! Not prescription meds, the confusion between both is because they are both labeled under the same category. HEROIN will become a BIGGER PROBLEM when people are put on restrictions on the meds not by rhe Dr. but by the government! We have a HEROIN EPEDEMIC on our hands.

  5. Laughlin on March 22nd, 2018 10:17 am

    Mig- xanax is not an opioid. P

  6. Melissa on March 22nd, 2018 9:33 am

    MIg, just to let you know, Xanax is a benzodiazepine, not an opiod.

  7. Ann on March 22nd, 2018 1:05 am

    Sad? For him? No way. Sad for the officers doing their jobs, being put in harm’s way? Yes!!! Sad for the clerks at the store’s? Definitely! !! But for this guy at clearly chose the wrong path in life, not sad at all. What about the vechical he is in now? He must of stole it, so from who? Are they safe? Why do people chose to feel bad for the criminals, they are CRIMINALS. stop feeling bad for them. It’s either fault, nobody but them.

  8. Willy on March 21st, 2018 9:20 pm

    Ol’ boy is pretty well fed for a dope addict………just sayin’. If he has to run on foot they won’t have to chase him far!

  9. Karma on March 21st, 2018 9:14 pm

    This is not sad. Why do people feel sorry for this thug. This is why I have no feelings for these people and the ones who do y’all should support them. We should be investing in children they are our future. These people are a waste.

  10. Avis on March 21st, 2018 8:46 pm

    He picked a bad place to flee to from Kentucky. Go ahead and try to escape from two Deputies in Escambia County and you might not make it to the back seat. We don’t play down here.

  11. Sarah on March 21st, 2018 8:11 pm

    So sad! I wonder if this has anything to do with opioid restriction they are enforcing. Everybody keep a eye out he’s pretty damn dangerous and despite.

  12. mick on March 21st, 2018 6:43 pm

    Okay for the bleeding hearts – this is not the way to cry for help he pointed a gun at an innocent person – there is more than a 50 percent chance that he would have killed that person over his stupid habit – what he needs is the max sentence allowed for committing a felony with a gun – give him plenty of time to wean off the poison and reassess his stupid decisions in life. this comment is not hurtful it is the cold hard truth… so suck it up bleeding hearts.

  13. SW on March 21st, 2018 4:59 pm

    Better be on your guard when picking up prescriptions and walking back to your car or leaving the drive through; that is where it is going.

    Thieves won’t know what you have; but they’ll want it, just in case.

  14. Mlg on March 21st, 2018 3:47 pm

    He forgot he was supposed to ask for Zantac instead he ask for opioid (xanax) maybe. Sooooo he can plead innocent on first try. He is just learning???? Larry (the Cable guy) you got to redo this one.

  15. Nana of 16 on March 21st, 2018 3:42 pm

    That is so sad. Did he actually get the drugs?
    That desperate for drugs and no disguise of any kind. I think this is his cry for help.

  16. Lol on March 21st, 2018 3:29 pm

    Here’s your sign!

  17. Russ on March 21st, 2018 3:05 pm

    Why didn’t he just wait for the cops…with that disguise he’ll be in jail before supper

  18. Citizen on March 21st, 2018 2:38 pm

    “Git er done” (sorry/not sorry) ;)

  19. Joyce Given on March 21st, 2018 2:30 pm

    Nice photo, won’t take police long to find you.

  20. Big red on March 21st, 2018 2:29 pm

    Git-er-done. It’s Larry the cable guy. But really this is what the Opioid epidemic is coming to.

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