Sheriff’s Deputies are trying to find the person responsible for shooting an Escambia County, Florida emergency medic.
It happened at around 9p.m. Friday night at an EMS staging post on W. Hayes Street, just blocks from Baptist Hospital.
Deputies say the medic was getting something from the back of an ambulance when someone tapped him on the shoulder.
As he turned to look at the person, he was shot in the shoulder.
Deputies from the patrol division, tactical anti-crime unit, narcotics unit as well as officers from the Pensacola Police Department responded to the shooting.
K-9 units were also called in to search for the suspect.
However, so far he’s managed to escape authorities.
Anyone with information regarding this shooting is asked to call the Escambia County, Florida Sheriff’s Office at 850-436-9620 or Crime Stoppers at 850-433-STOP.
