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Updated: Two Dead; Five Wounded, Including 11-Year-Old, In Escambia County Shooting
July 29, 2024
UPDATED — Two people were killed, and five others were injured in an apparent drive-by shooting Sunday night in Escambia County.
The shooting happened just before 8 p.m. at the Marie K. Young-Wedgewood Community Center & Park at 6405 Wagner Rd.
Two people, ages 21 and 24, were pronounced deceased at the scene. Five others were shot and survived — ages 22, 23, 27, 29, and 11.
Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said Monday said the shooting happened at a pavilion where a dice game was taking place outside the community center as men’s basketball game was going on inside the county-owned facility.
Simmons said a white Hyundai Sonata pulled up and three suspects exited the vehicle and opened fire, one with a long gun and two with handguns. He presented a low quality video grab showing the suspects..
The Hyundai, which had been reported stolen in Pensacola about a month, has been recovered, but the suspects have not been identified.
Multiple Escambia County EMS units transported the five wounded individuals to the hospital.
“Someone knows who these three people are,” Simmons said as he pleaded for the community to provide information. “We are looking for three people that are killers.”
Anyone with information is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9620 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.
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17 Responses to “Updated: Two Dead; Five Wounded, Including 11-Year-Old, In Escambia County Shooting”
Another Community “killing” center….WE NEED A STRICT NO LOITERING OUTSIDE. These people are on county property shooting dice etc…If I have 500 people outside and 99 inside I dont need security….right….
Start talking….in mass. The whole community needs to tell who these punks are. Until you start talking, your babies will keep dying. START TALKING.
face it, some things never change.
Here’s an idea, get better cameras. There is zero excuse for low quality photos such as these.
Gangs retaliate and witness scared to talk. It will continue until someone breaks the cycle.
Hold up, running dice at the community center? Here I am driving all the way to Wind Creek.
Why were they targeted? I would start there it will lead somewhere!
Prayers for the loved ones.
Prayers for the victims family
You can raise your children up to be gentlemen
But it’s their choice to fly right
These Late 90s and 2000 baby boomers are so disrespectful to their parents and others it makes you scared they walk around like they’re in a war zone guns weighing their pants down guns longer than their bodies
Why when and where these young guy gonna learn that the graveyard and correctional facility in full of young peoples
My heart hurts 3 of my cousins 2dead and 1is ok that was
These low life’s are trying to force good people wanting to have fun to stay home. They need harsh punishment when found so others will understand this behavior will not be tolerated.
Mamas can only do so much. Without a strong father figure at home both boys and girls can easily drift off into unhealthy relationships resulting in attachments to the “exciting” lifestyles of those who are the rebels in our society. Then we almost daily see the results of broken homes as well as a broken world. God help us all.
i was there when this happened it was more like 5 people that got out of the truck they were holding ak407 by the looks of it i was under the green one when this happened.
Gangs after Gangs!
No D’eante
Crime is down, good thought though.
JTV – Great idea …. However, the mamas need some help from
the absent papas
I’m starting a business selling crime scene tape in Escambia County. I should be rich by the time Christmas comes .
How does something that is supposed to be fun turn into this? Prayers for the families of the victims.
Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be Thugs.