20-year-old man charged for Pensacola Village shooting incident that injured 4 teens

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A 20-year-old man is charged for a shooting incident in early August at the Pensacola Village Apartments that injured four teen juveniles.

Montarious Pickett of Pensacola was arrested Tuesday on charges of:

  • weapon possession by a delinquent
  • firing a weapon in public
  • culpable negligence (four counts)

The incident happened the night of Aug. 4 at the complex on E Fairfield Drive. Four juveniles — two 16-year-olds and two 17-year-olds — were transported to the hospital with minor injuries after being hit by bullet fragments from a single gunshot that ricocheted.

According to the arrest report, Pickett came out of an apartment and fired an AM-15 rifle into the ground. He then went back inside the apartment, where he left the gun before fleeing the scene…

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