One Person Shot In Parking Lot Of The Pensacola Fair

October 31, 2020

One person was shot at the Pensacola Interstate Fair early Saturday morning.

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting occurred about 1:30 a.m. in the parking lot during a fight between juveniles.  The victim was transported to a Pensacola hospital with injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening.

A witness told NorthEscambia.com that they heard what sounded like a gunshot or a firecracker in the parking lot. He said there were a couple hundred of people that quickly “took off” to get out of the main parking lot.

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is continuing their investigation. The ECSO did not say if a suspect was taken into custody and has not released the name of the victim.

NorthEscambia.com file photo.

Comments

17 Responses to “One Person Shot In Parking Lot Of The Pensacola Fair”

  1. Alissa on November 6th, 2020 11:12 am

    This is crazy!!!

  2. Mike on November 3rd, 2020 8:56 am

    Amen , Kris

  3. ensley boy on November 1st, 2020 4:43 pm

    Notice the price to enter the fairgrounds is 8-10 dollars without the free entertainment but is 12 dollars when they have the FREE entertainment?

  4. Rodney on November 1st, 2020 11:25 am

    1:30 am and juveniles are out, obviously without supervision. At what point are parents accountable for their children?

  5. Kris on November 1st, 2020 11:09 am

    Please, don’t blame the Pensacola Interstate Fair. They work hard to make a safe, family affair. Blame the parents and the environment that the kids are growing up in. Kids think they are entitled and have no consequences to their actions. Their training starts at home!

  6. Anne on November 1st, 2020 10:19 am

    @ Nod…

    100% Agree. Waiting for someone to blame the auto maker for building the vehicle that brought the kid to the fair and the US Mint for printing the money for entry and of course the company that made the gun and ammo.
    Oh NO…we Must Not put Blame or Responsibility for the kid(s) who got into a fight then pulled a gun — btw, juveniles cannot legally have a gun — and shoots another person.
    NO BLAME Society is Insane….

  7. Raven on October 31st, 2020 6:29 pm

    @Greed Now please tell me where in there it says they didn’t get out of their car?! They were in the parking lot most likely by THIER cars. This is far from the fairs fault for not having metal detectors.

  8. JB on October 31st, 2020 4:57 pm

    Metal detectors for what? He’ll I carry mine almost every where I go.

  9. Scott on October 31st, 2020 4:01 pm

    Don’t go to stupid places at stupid times with stupid people and you probably won’t get in a gunfight. SMH

  10. Nod on October 31st, 2020 3:15 pm

    Yes let’s try some way to blame the fair and not the people involved

  11. S. Hales on October 31st, 2020 2:39 pm

    God give up back the days of the 50’s, when everything was good. No cell phones, no computers, just good living and good people.

  12. Greed on October 31st, 2020 2:13 pm

    I wonder why the fair doesn’t have metal detectors at all entrances? Their temperature scanners also read the same temp for everyone and are disguised as metal detectors. These kids didn’t retrieve the gun from the car, which meant they had it on them the whole time.

  13. Michele on October 31st, 2020 1:44 pm

    The Midnight Madness Needs To End
    Only the carnival benefits as independent vendors get ZERO business after midnight. Just groups of people loitering around casting trouble. Wake up Pensacola Fair and get rid of the Midnight Madness….Offer the discount between 7-12…and close so that people are safe and this type of thing NEVER happens again. Just plain STUPID to keep a fair open until 2am. Someone almost lost their life over the GREED of the fair …definitely not the fair it used to be….goes downhill even more every year

  14. bob c on October 31st, 2020 1:33 pm

    One more reason we don’t go to the Fair anymore. Too many groups of folks wandering around and doing nothing but making their presence known in a threatening manner.
    We don’t want the grandkids exposed to that sort of element.
    Just so you’ll know we’re not picking on the Fair we no longer go to the night events in downtown Pensacola due to the number of drunks wandering around messing up what used to be a nice family event. Guess the city council wants as many bars open as possible but we do still have the option of not attending and we do not go.

  15. slim jim on October 31st, 2020 1:15 pm

    ITS NOT THE COVID THAT IS KEEPING ME AT HOME IT IS THINGS LIKE THIS THAT IS WORSE THAN THE VIRUS AND IT IS JUST AS MANY SHOOTING VICTIMS IN THE KILLINGS AS THE VIRUS PLEASE PRAY GOD WILL GIVE US OUR COUNTRY BACK HE IS STILL IN CONTROL YOU MAY THINK YOU HAVE THE LAST SAY SO WITH A GUN BUT GOD STILL HAS THE LAST SAY

  16. Sad on October 31st, 2020 12:39 pm

    No surprise here. You cant just go enjoy yourself and have fun with family and friends seems like anywhere now days without someone acting stupid.

  17. Bewildered on October 31st, 2020 12:23 pm

    Ask any of their parents, these innocent youngsters are just out having fun.

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