Panama City, Bay County, Florida
Saturday, March 28, 2015
By: Kevin Earl Wood, Email: allunited@bellsouth.net
A Saturday morning shooting on Panama City Beach, Florida has left seven spring breakers injured who are currently being treated in Panama City area hospitals.
March 28, 2015 David Jamichael Daniels Arrested and Booked In Bay County, Florida on Seven Counts of Attempted Murder
Four of those injured were transported to Bay Medical Sacred Heart Center in Panama City. As of 4:00 PM c.s.t. Bay Medical Center spokesperson Tammy Newton confirmed that three of the victims are still in critical condition. The third victim is in stable condition.
The three other victims were transported to Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center whose spokesperson Julie McBride confirmed as of 4:00 PM c.s.t. that all three are in stable condition.
According to Bay County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) spokesperson Ruth Corley, the shooting occurred at 12:55 AM c.s.t. at a residence at 5312 Thomas Drive, Panama City, Florida and, “Three victims were found in the home, one in front of the house, one in the median of Thomas Drive, and two across the street from the home.”
The motive for the shooting is yet to be determined.
“Several of the victims are students at Alabama A&M University visiting Panama City Beach for Spring Break” according to Ms. Corley’s press release.
According to BCSO, “The victims were identified as: Kearria Freed, age 20, of Mobile, Alabama, was shot in the head and remains in critical condition; Anesia Powell, age 20, was shot in the left arm, chest, and knee; Devanta Moore, age 21, was shot in the chest; Jacole Young, age 22, was shot in the back three times; Kelli Curry, age 21, was shot in the leg; Tykeria Ethridge, age 22, of Mobile, Alabama, was shot in the neck and shoulder; Henton Franklin age 22, of Mobile, Alabama, was shot in the side. Latest update on the condition of the victims is as follows: Powell is now in surgery at a local hospital: Freed, Moore, and Franklin remain hospitalized in critical condition; Young,Curry, and Etheridge remain hospitalized in stable condition.”
Ms. Corley continued:
“A description of the suspect was developed and disseminated. Responding units set a perimeter around the residence and a black male matching the description of the suspect was quickly located and detained at Beach Drive and Hurt Street. Witnesses to the shooting confirmed the subject was the shooter and he was identified as David Jamichael Daniels, a black male, age 22, of Mobile, Alabama.
“A 40 caliber handgun matching the description of the one used in the shooting was recovered in the back yard of a residence on Beach Drive.
“David Jamichael Daniels has been charged with seven counts of Attempted Murder and is currently in the Bay County Jail awaiting first appearance today.
“This was the sixth firearm related call of the evening. In one incident a firearm was discharged inside a condominium. Four firearms were seized in drug related cases.
“Assisting agencies were the Florida Highway Patrol, Panama City Beach Police Department, Walton County Sheriff’s Office, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Holmes County Sheriff’s Office, Gulf County Sheriff’s Office and Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.”
David Jamichael Daniels’ sister was contacted by Bay Community News and in tears she expressed that knowing her brother that he could not have committed these crimes and someone else must have done this. Future court proceedings will determined this in Bay County.
According to BCSO jail booking records Daniels has been designated as under close confinement and supervision and categorized as a “suicide risk.”
Bay Community News is confident that BCSO will protect this inmate until his day in court. Too many inmates have died in Florida custody under suspicious circumstances.