Update: The man Pensacola Police asked for help identifying has been located. Further information is not yet available.
PPD seeks help identifying man
Pensacola police are turning to the public for help in identifying a man related to the July 5 downtown fatal mass shooting.
Investigators are searching for a Black man photographed in the early morning hours of July 5 wearing a black shirt, black pants, gold chain and a jacket.
Investigators want to question him regarding the shooting that injured six people and killed 19-year-old Phillip Sheppard.
If anyone has information regarding the man’s name or whereabouts, the PPD asks the public to contact Detective Heather Deckle at 850-435-1986 or Crime Stoppers at 850-433-STOP.
Since the shooting, police have arrested 26-year-old Nicholas Safford, 16-year-old Kanye Walker and 25-year-old Lillian Meyers on a variety of charges. Trevon Bradley, a 20-year-old suspected of being Sheppard’s killer, shot himself July 16 as law enforcement attempted to arrest him.
Safford is charged with attempted first-degree premeditated murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and discharging a firearm in public. Meyers is charged with evidence tampering and accessory after the fact.
Walker, suspected of providing the gun Safford used, is charged as a principal to both attempted first-degree premeditated murder and aggravated assault. He’s also charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a minor.
This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: PPD identifies last man sought related to July 5 shooting | Update
Reporting by Benjamin Johnson, Pensacola News Journal / Pensacola News Journal
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By Benjamin Johnson, Pensacola News Journal | USA TODAY Network
