Two Pensacola men charged in the murder of their friend during a 2022 ambush were both sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday.
Dominic Burleson, 22, and Jamaine Flowers, 21, both pleaded no contest to attempted first-degree premeditated murder and second-degree felony murder, but the plea agreements lessened their potential life sentences to 20 years.
Both men, in conjunction with Sherman Knight, planned to ambush and kill Derrick Daniels at the intersection of Bobe and G streets on Feb. 10, 2022, according to investigators.
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The three men pulled out firearms and began firing at Daniels, but, according to a witness, Daniels also pulled out a firearm and began returning fire in self-defense.
One of Daniels’ shots hit Knight in the chest, and he later died after being transported to Baptist Hospital.
Investigators obtained video surveillance from a nearby convenience store that showed Burleson, Flowers and Knight enter a field together and approach another man. The video reportedly showed that gunfire first came from the three men who committed the ambush.