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Escambia Man Convicted Of 2022 Murder
December 14, 2025
An Escambia County man has been convicted of a 2022 murder.
Kopelyn Gerard Gildon was convicted of second degree murder with a Firearm by an Escambia County Jury.
On the afternoon of August 7, 2022, Gildon shot and killed Roosevelt Broadnax, Jr., in Broadnax’s home in Escambia County. Gildon was accompanied by Raven Morgan who initially distracted Broadnax before Gildon came into the bedroom and shot Broadnax as he lay on the bed. Broadnax was discovered several hours later, and the homicide was reported.
In the days following the murder, investigators seized a cellular telephone from Gildon as he was trying to pass it off to Morgan during their interaction with law enforcement. Photographs of the deceased Broadnax were located on the phone. Morgan later confessed to her involvement in the case and explained the homicide was a murder for hire transacted by Gildon with another local drug dealer.
Morgan entered a plea to second degree murder with a firearm and giving false information to law enforcement in a murder investigation. Gildon and Morgan are both set to be sentenced on December 17. Gildon has an extensive criminal history which includes several violent crimes. He is currently serving a state prison sentence for possession of a firearm by convicted felon.
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3 Responses to “Escambia Man Convicted Of 2022 Murder”
Mike, they didn’t have physical evidence like a manifesto or text messages to prove it was premeditated. They only know it was premeditated from a witness statement. A second degree murder charge would be nice, but with his age and the fact that he’s already in on 20 years for felony firearm possession, I’m not too worried about him getting back out.
Currently serving on another charge. How did we know? Judges, you need to get the lead out!
If the murder was planned in advance, why wasn’t the charge 1st degree murder? In my opinion, all 1st degree murder convictions with no mistakes or fraud should get capital punishment.