2 charged with homicide after drug deal: Escambia County Sheriff’s Office

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. ( WKRG ) — Deputies with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a man and woman after a drug deal ended with one person dead on Tuesday, July 2.

According to an ECSO Facebook post , deputies were called to the 100 block of Swallowtail Lane for a report of shots fired.

When they arrived, deputies found 26-year-old De’Andre English with a gunshot wound, and he was later pronounced dead by EMS, according to officials.

The investigation revealed that English, 24-year-old Demetrius Caesar, and 22-year-old Meliyah Gordon had allegedly gone to meet Issac Mitchell to buy marijuana from him.

When the three people arrived, Mitchell got into the vehicle, and during the sale, English allegedly pulled a gun on Mitchell to try and rob him.

Officials said there was a fight over the gun, which led to English being shot and killed. Gordon and Caesar then fled the scene, according to the post.

Caesar and Gordon were later found and charged with felony murder — a death occurring during the commission of a felony.

At the time of the shooting, Caesar was on probation for a previous felony murder that happened in 2018, according to the post.

Mitchell was not charged because “he appears to have acted in self-defense while being robbed.”

Drug charges against Mitchell are pending.

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