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15-Year Old Arrested Following Shooting Wednesday In Century
November 12, 2020
A 15-year old is facing felony charges following a shooting Wednesday afternoon in Century, but he has not been charged for the shooting.
Travis Lavar Scott, Jr., was arrested on felony gun charge in connection with the shooting on Jefferson Avenue, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. He was also arrested on an outstanding felony warrant for aggravated battery in an unrelated incident.
The investigation into the shooting is continuing.
The adult male was shot in the chest after an altercation erupted during a card game near an outside shed in the backyard of a mobile home, according to the ECSO. The victim was airlifted to a Mobile hospital in critical condition.
The shooting happened in the 6700 block of Jefferson Avenue, near East Pond Street. The name of the victim has not been released.
Pictured above: Deputies question Travis Lavar Scott, Jr., age 15, following a shooting Wednesday in Century. Pictured below: A man was shot after an altercation erupted during a card game at this shed behind a mobile home in Century Wednesday afternoon. Pictured bottom: The scene on Jefferson Avenue. NorthEscambia.com photos, click top enlarge.
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19 Responses to “15-Year Old Arrested Following Shooting Wednesday In Century”
!5 years old and already a criminal history for violence. It’s sad that so many young people have chosen tht same path. He obviously grew up in a non structured situation where actions had no consequences. The adults in his life failed him big time.
In a lot of cases there usually isn’t a male to head the family and keep young boys in line . YOU DON’T SEEN YOU XANT BE A MAN
CONSIDERING:
“He’s a product of his environment. Sometimes prayers aren’t enough…”
It might depend on who’s praying. He decides what he will do. He decided where to be. He decided to bring a gun. Others sat where he sat and shot nobody.
You are what you do. You do what you are. Maybe he will repent and do differently in the future. (Maybe he is falsely accused.) Maybe he will blame others and say how unfairly he has been treated and stay on his chosen path.
His choice.
David for better people
Sad my son went to school with him, from elementary school Travis was troubled. He was failed by everyone self included. Ask anyone who had dealings with him. He’s a product of his environment. Sometimes prayers aren’t enough…
Children learn WHAT THEY LIVE…
Why was he not in school? Where were his parents? Oh wait!! Nevermind.
A card game?
Aces high
15 and had a warrant for aggravated battery. This behavior is not the fault of government on any level. Until the true source is addressed and solved this animalistic type of action will continue.
So why is the juveniles’ picture released??
I am quite older now, but I lived my early years in Century right where Century Motors in now. There was never any shooting, but there were a few “knock down drag out ” fist fights and an occasional cutting down on Pond street. On occasion. There was a Odom’s bar up on 29 that got rough, but that was about it. But now a days everything has changed everywhere it seems. It makes no rhyme or reason to the natural mind, but The Bible is very plain concerning the least days, especially in the last teachings of Jesus Christ in the four Gospels. Read what it says. It is truth.
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Sad that this kind of thing can happen in a neighborhood where an innocent resident could have been exposed to a stray bullet. If the victim dies this young man may never see another free day in his life. And all over a card game!!
Don’t get hung up on the word juvenile. The suspect could be 12 years old or 12 days from being 18 and would still be deemed a juvenile. Where did a juvenile get a firearm? Are you even in this world? Guns are available to both responsible gun owners and reckless people. The difference is how the 2 groups of people use them. For years, my husband was in a hunting club where some of the members brought their older teenage sons with them to hunt. The club was a few hours from home so the hunters often stayed over night. Friendly card games and associated gambling were routine pass time around a camp fire and everyone played, younger and older alike. One teenager commented to my husband, “When those old guys start betting with folding money, I’m out.” Regardless of the outcome of the card games, nobody ever, for a second, considered grabbing a firearm and settling a bet with it. That’s the difference between youths who have been taught the proper respect for and use of firearms and ones who have not.
@ Preston,
“Money is the root of all evil.”
Good try but you are wrong.
1 Timothy 6:10, For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
It is the LOVE of money that is the root of all evil.
folks need to be looking for JOBS.
@DLo… No. I just figured that would be the reason why someone would shoot somebody during a card game. Money is the root of all evil.
Good thinking Preston, you must be former law enforcement, I’m sure the Sheriffs department didn’t consider the gambling and firearm angle, hopefully they read this and finally have a direction to start their investigation.You should call crime stoppers.
It’s probably a fact that money was involved. Probably gambling. But how did the juvenile get a firearm? And who would gamble with a juvenile? Charges should not only be brought against the juvenile but possibly others that were gambling if this was the case. Also someone should look into how this juvenile had a firearm in his possession…
Looks like we gone have to get Marshall Bass Reeves in Century to clean up the neighborhood. All joking aside, there are a lot of families with children living in this area of town and the good people that live here shouldn’t have to be worried about stray bullets flying around. This is the second shooting in a week. Starting to sound like a little Chicago, and that ain’t good.