Posted on 01/08/2023 3:36:31 AM PST by marktwain
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A Pensacola man was charged with aggravated battery and aggravated assault after he allegedly shot at two women who were asking for jumper cables Wednesday night on Mobile Hwy., according to Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies.
Lee David Wilkerson, 38, was charged with aggravated assault, aggravated battery, firing a weapon, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, a weapon offense and trafficking amphetamine. VIDEO: Watch the latest video stories in the WKRG News 5 Video Center
On Jan. 4, deputies said they responded to Bingo Paradise on Mobile Hwy., in reference to a shots fired complaint. Deputies said numerous calls were received that a white male, wearing a gray jacket and blue jeans, was shooting at people in front of the business.
As deputies arrived at the business, deputies saw a white male, wearing a gray jacket and blue jeans lying on the floor with two unknown citizens holding him at gun point. Deputies said several customers inside the business began screaming and pointing at the white male on the ground saying, “He is the one who was shooting.”
Deputies said they detained Wilkerson and found a large baggie containing a crystallized rock substance and a fixed blade knife. Deputies said the crystallized rock substance tested positive for methamphetamine.
Deputies said they spoke with a victim who said Wilkerson had shot at her and her friend. The victim said she went to the business to get jumper cables from her mother who was playing bingo inside. She said she saw Wilkerson and another female standing outside of the business. According to the arrest report, the victim asked Wilkerson if they could go inside and tell the victim’s mother her daughter was here to get the jumper cables. The victim said Wilkerson told her, “no.”
According to the arrest report, the victim and her friend began to walk inside to get her mother, at which time Wilkerson and the other female began “acting strange.” The victim said at that time the woman started attacking her. The victim said that is when Wilkerson removed a small handgun from his right side, took the firearm and hit her in the left side of her head. One of the victim’s said Wilkerson then pointed the firearm at her and the other victim and began shooting towards them. According to the arrest report, one of the victims ran inside the business and the other went back to her vehicle and left the business. According to the victim inside the business, she heard more shots being fired as she entered the business.
Deputies said they spoke with a witness who was inside the business calling out bingo numbers. The witness said he heard a commotion outside, at which time he turned around and saw Wilkerson pull a firearm from his pants and begin shooting. The witness said he told everyone in the building to get on the ground. According to the arrest report, two minutes later, Wilkerson came into the business and then two citizens pulled concealed weapons and held Wilkerson at gun point until deputies arrived.
During the investigation, other deputies on scene discovered “numerous” .380 caliber shell casings in the parking lot and near the front entrance to the business. Deputies said a firearm was located in the dumpster where Wilkerson said he threw the gun.
Wilkerson was transported to Escambia County Jail, where he was booked on a $156,000 bond.
This will be turned into a hit Broadway musical called “Grannie Get Your Gun.”
It was a good idea B4 he got held at gunpoint.
People on meth do really stupid things.
I see what you did there.
The real takeaway here. Somebody’s Mom still carries jumper cables. In Florida?
Figured those were something nobody would even know what they are that far south.
I’d H8 to see what would have happened if he wasn’t held at gunpoint by the locals...
There’s no H in Bingo. I thought you’d work in the Free Space somehow.
I don’t play Bingo, so I didn’t know. LOL!
If only someone had some C-4.
So did the car ever get started?
Maybe it was a stick shift 🤔
There might be an H8 in Battleship.
Another white idiot. Is it any wonder that whites get blamed.
Almost as stupid as liberals do when they vote.
Why would they have asked them if they could go inside? Might be a little more to this story.
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