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Pensacola Police Say Deadly Downtown Shooting Resulted From ‘Ongoing Feud’
July 6, 2026
Pensacola Police Chief Eric Winstrom said Monday that an ongoing feud led to the shooting that claimed one life and injured six others early Sunday morning in downtown Pensacola. The investigation has determined that at least two weapons were fired during the shooting incident.
“What we have been able to determine is that there is an ongoing feud between these individuals,” Winstrom said. “That is obviously playing a role into the direction of the investigation.”
He said that most of the victims knew each other, had “social connections,” and may have had gang connections. Six of the seven victims were known to each other.
The deceased victim has been identified as 19-year-old Phillip Devon Monte Sheppard Jr., and all but one of the six other victims have been released from the hospital.
Winstrom said there were nine people arrested in the hours prior to the shootings, with the suspects ranging in age from 14 to 22. Police responded to over 20 reported fights.
Police are asking for any photos or videos that were taken in the area downtown, along with any other information from the public.
Pictured: Pensacola Police Chief Eric Winstrom at a Monday morning press conference. Image for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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8 Responses to “Pensacola Police Say Deadly Downtown Shooting Resulted From ‘Ongoing Feud’”
I would assume every business owner on Palafox, and throughout the city, was in the Mayor’s and Police Chief’s offices Monday morning. Public safety has to be the highest priority.
Weak mayor and police chief are afraid to really take on the root cause of this huge problem.
Personally I do not agree with curfews. I do not give consent to anyone to limit my rights to movement or congregation. What needs to be done is accountability needs to be upheld. You do wrong, you pay the price. You do right, you pay the price. People need to stop worrying about being labeled and start punishing bad actors.
Curfews are a communist way of thinking.
We need one more taxpayer funded community center .
@Mike. Per the other NE article on this incident.
“He said a crowd of unaccompanied young people had gathered in the area following the downtown fireworks.
“Kids as young as middle school I saw out there,” Winstrom said, “by themselves engaging in some frightening behavior.” He said five arrests were made earlier in the evening for offenses that included disorderly conduct and throwing fireworks at people. One had a firearm in his waistband.”
to: Luigi. Two persons arrested are 25 and 26 years old. What curfew, what patents supervision, what unsupervised children etc.??? These are ADULT people, and they and only they are responsible for their actions. Or do you want to impose curfew for all? Tell ALL ADULT Americans to stay home after 10 PM or get arrested? Is this the Country of Freedom?
Curfew needs to go in effect immediately . Parents need to be held accountable for curfew violations too . We used to have season tickets for many events and venues downtown, with the horrible parking , teen takeovers , unsupervised children and the fatigue decided not renew most of it . The city , community need to place changes now or another great city Pensacola is going to become just another place not to go to like New York , la , San Francisco, Seattle, Daytona , Miami and many others that have fallen under liberal leadership , cultural fatigue and complete disregard for the rule of law and community values .