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Escambia Man Accused Of Shooting Two Teens, Including His Child
June 4, 2022
An Escambia County man was charged with shooting two teenagers Friday afternoon, including his own child.
Christopher Alexander Sidener, 36, was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, two 15-year-olds got into a verbal argument on V Street before Sidener arrived with a gun and fired multiple times. Deputies said he is the father of one of the teens that was shot.
Sidener was booked into the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $20,000.
The teens’ injuries were not considered life threatening.
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25 Responses to “Escambia Man Accused Of Shooting Two Teens, Including His Child”
His gun was legally purchased as well. It was illegally possessed at the time of his arrest, two different things. The reality is that no one is coming in anyone’s home to remove weapons they already own. Please Stop fear mongering by saying people will ‘lose’ their guns.
@Susan…..What someone does with a firearm that was legally purchased is on them and if that weapon ends up in the hands of someone who cannot legally possess one then they are not law abiding. How are Chicago murders “Faux News”? I have been in Escambia county for 30+ years, which matters not.
@Susan your ankle bracelet has exceeded its range – call the Sheriff and check in.
@NPC
Please. Are you even from Escambia county???!! Or one of the many new arrivals. Guns exchange hands every day , sold, gifted, traded, whatever. I have family members who have sold guns for cash, bartered etc. There are many ways to move guns and ‘ law abiding ‘ citizens do it every day and you know it. Throwing the Chicago line out there is such a Faux News move btw.
“During my twelve-and-half years as a member of this body, I have never believed that additional gun control or federal registration of guns would reduce crime,” Biden said on the floor of the Senate in July 1985. “I am convinced that a criminal who wants a firearm can get one through illegal, untraceable, unregistered sources, with or without gun control.”
Yes you can buy ammo and guns online. The guns are only shipped to a licensed firearm dealer who the runs a back ground check. Including for a 410 single shot shotgun.
@ NPC…THANK YOU! You said it all before I could. The comments of Susan and Josh Jones shows their lack of understanding/ignorance of how this all works concerning purchasing firearms. I’m a CCP holder and I even have to wait for a background check on purchasing firearms…happened to me yesterday(at a Local Firearms Shop)and I’m totally fine with having to wait because I like to do the right thing. Criminals and the Evil will get their guns anyway possible. THEY DO KOT follow the law in any aspect of their lives nor will they. Can’t predict the actions of the ones with Evil in their hearts. I don’t know the answer to what needs to be done but I do believe we need to make it count with our votes. Our LEOs do their jobs in getting these things off the streets but , to me, it seems the judges and prosecutors are making the deals to turn these types back out on the street. Praying for our Country and community
@NPC
Unless the law has changed in the last few years I think you may want to do some research. I have bought several guns from dealers at gun shows and one can purchase guns off a radio ad show and from personal sales.
@ Dakota Smith
You almost had it.
Sam- for sure!!!! They need to lock him up for life just for all that junk!
@ Susan….Before I address how wrong your statement is I would like you to consider a very old cliche’ in your future. “It is better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to speak up and remove all doubt.” You cannot purchase firearms or ammunition on Craigslist, neither can they be purchased at a gun show due to the fact that they perform background checks.
@Josh Jones……Would it be better of there were laws throughout the country like Chicago has, and leads the nation in murders?
@RaD……If Susan and Josh Jones understood the facts you were pointing out they wouldn’t make such comments and would understand that laws only affect law abiding citizens and in no way curtail violent criminals.
How is it that of all the countries in the world that make guns available to its citizens and yet it’s the USA that leads the world in mass killings?
@ RaD..
You are 100% correct.
That also goes for the war on drugs…since 1971.
How is that working out for us..NOT WORKING
The War on Drugs began in June 18th 1971 when U.S. Pres. Richard Nixon declared drug abuse to be “public enemy number one” and increased federal funding for drug-control agencies and drug-treatment efforts.
Guns are like drugs..if you want it, you will get it.
Laws DO NOT..mean anything to people who make bad decisions.
Some people are just pure evil with no conscience. Some want to label evil as a mental disorder. You cant rehab evil disguised as a mental disorder.
And you also have genuine mentally disturbed people.
Welcome to the new U.S.A.
To RaD: Very well said!
20k bond? It should be 2 MILLION .
I quess I dont understand the bond system
@ RaD….
Absolutely TRUE and Very Well Stated, Thank You.
RaD
Yeah and he probably bought it from a fine upstanding gun owner as yourself on Craigslist. Or at a ‘gun show’ at the fairgrounds out somebody’s trunk.
It has been 54 years since a federal law was passed prohibiting felons from owning and possessing firearms. Yet, almost every story I read on NorthEscambia.com regarding a felon being arrested includes the charge, “possession of a firearm by a convicted felon”. Remember that when you are cheering on congress to pass more gun laws in the emotional wake of any shooting. The criminals won’t care what the new law says, they will have their guns. You just may not have yours.
Man I can’t wait till all those guns laws are past and this kind of stuff will never happen. AND if you believe that your crazy! Criminals will gets no matter how many laws they pass.
Guns are not the problem, the wicked heart is.
Praying for all involved and our country.
Quess no Father of the year award!
Look at that a felon has a gun he illegally obtained.
Another felon with a gun. Good job ECSO, you do a fine job of collecting the trash, but our lazy DAs and soft judges throw them back into the streets.
this guy should not be hard to recognize in a line up.
20,000 dollar bond!!! ARE YOU SERIOUS ?? keep him in jail WITHOUT bond until his court date and lock his ass up for life for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, ATTEMPTED MURDER, and carry a gun by a felon!!! This system is such a joke and is so week!
Now if the State Attorney office will fully prosecute this fellow and send him back to prison for life this time.