DEPUTY-INVOLVED FATAL SHOOTING

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says deputies were involved in a fatal shooting yesterday afternoon near the intersection of Ninth and Langley at about 2 p.m. Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan said deputies were trying to make a traffic stop on a man wanted on several felony warrants near Ninth Avenue and Bayou Boulevard, but the suspect fled. He was finally stopped near the intersection of Langley and Tippen, but jumped from the vehicle with a firearm in his hand, and was shot when he turned toward deputies. The identity of the suspect has not yet been released and the investigation is on-going.

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