Cantonment Woman Charged As Accessory To Murder

December 13, 2019

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Cantonment woman with accessory after the fact in the shooting death of a Fort Walton Beach area man last month.

Investigators said 27-year old Carissa Lynn Parker shares a child with the victim, 35-year old Edgar Jennings.

Deputies responded to Jennings’ Culp Avenue home shortly before midnight on November 19 after receiving multiple 911 calls of shots fired. They found Jennings dead from an apparent gunshot wound to the head outside a side door of his apartment.

During the course of the investigation, a “controlled phone call” to Parker was set up with the assistance of a relative. During that call, Parker admitted driving the shooting suspect to the scene and discussing with him ongoing issues she was having with Jennings.

Video footage from a home near Culp Avenue the night of the shooting shows the car Parker was driving arriving in the area approximately six minutes before the first 9-1-1 call came in. Approximately a minute after the calls started, the suspected shooter is seen getting back into the vehicle and leaving.

Investigators say during the controlled phone call Parker told her relative the suspect had pulled out a gun, she was terrified and that’s when things escalated.

At no time after the shooting did Parker attempt to contact law enforcement, despite knowing Jennings had been killed. She also assisted the suspected shooter by driving him away from the scene of the crime to avoid arrest, according to the Okaloosa Sheriff’s Office.

Comments

2 Responses to “Cantonment Woman Charged As Accessory To Murder”

  1. 429SCJ on December 16th, 2019 2:18 pm

    Never discuss premeditated murder on a telephone; before or after the fact.

  2. mike on December 13th, 2019 4:36 am

    “Culpability On Culp Avenue”. Sorry dear, but you gotta go down for what you did and didn’t do on this one. :(

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