Molino Double Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty

January 25, 2019

A Molino double shooting suspect entered a not guilty plea during an arraignment hearing Thursday.

Justin Demarte Young, 21, is charged with two counts of attempted first degree premeditated murder. He will remain in the Escambia County Jail without bond.

He is charged with shooting Aretha Vaughn and her adult daughter Mea Vaughn about 7:50 p.m. January 1 on Barth Road in Molino.

Mea Vaughn was shot on the left side of her face, and Aretha Vaughn was shot in the back and abdomen. Investigators have not released a possible motive for the shootings.

For a photo gallery from the shooting scene, click here.

After the shooting, young fled the scene and was taken into custody about 25 miles away in the 7700 block of Kipling Street off East Olive Road.

Young had been temporarily staying with the Vaughns, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. The women told deputies that he just walked in the door and started shooting at them without saying anything.

Young had allegedly moved in with the women after being kicked out of his residence after allegedly pulling a gun. According to an arrest report from that September 20 incident, he allegedly threatened to shoot woman, claiming she was the reason he lost his job. Her child younger son was reportedly in the room at the time. He is awaiting trial on two counts of felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence related in connection with the incident.

NorthEscambia.com scene photos by Kristi Barbour, click to enlarge. Court images courtesy WEAR 3 for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News