QUINCY, Fla. (WTXL) — Three people have been arrested for two shooting incidents in Quincy that happened within hours of each other over the weekend.
According to Quincy Police Department, an officer caught a suspect shooting from a parked vehicle at Quincy Liquors on Saturday night. Officers say they immediately attempted to stop the vehicle but it fled the scene, leading police on a high speed chase.
Police were able to eventually stop the car on South Stewart Street near 6th Street.
When officers searched the vehicle, they found a gun along with two children and an adult inside. During the investigation, officers found that the female suspect, 28-year-old Bianca Lockwood, had fired the gun earlier at another female over a $20 debt.
Fortunately, police say no one was injured during the incident. Lockwood and the adult passenger, Adrian Robinson, 34, of Quincy, were arrested.
Lockwood is being charged with discharging a firearm in public, child endangerment, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Robinson is also facing child endangerment charges.
Several hours later at 1:47 a.m. Sunday morning, a police officer was flagged down by three victims (a man and two women) in the area of S. Adams Street after the car they were in was shot multiple times by a man attempting to shoot them as they drove away from an altercation in the area known as “The Bloc”.
All three victims identified the shooter as Jermaine Hunter, 30, of Tallahassee.
Officers located Hunter a short time later at the 24 hour Kelly Jr Store on W. Jefferson Street. When officers attempted to detain Hunter, he resisted and had to be tased before being booked into jail.
Hunter is facing a series of charges including three counts of attempted homicide, three counts of aggravated assault with a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon,
Quincy Police ask that anyone with information about these incidents to call QPD at (850) 627-0138 and ask for Capt. Robert Mixson.