NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
May 28, 2009
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
OCSO INVESTIGATES OKALOOSA ISLAND SHOOTING
22-year old Rion Hays
Tilton of 529 Kelly Street in Destin was taken by Gulf Flight 1 air medical
chopper to Baptist Hospital in Pensacola where he is in critical condition.
Witnesses in the area
at the time report hearing a "pop" or a sharp cracking noise. One witness saw a
dark-colored car slow down in the parking lot, open the door and push a man out
to the ground. When they approached Tilton, he was unconscious, with an apparent
wound to his head.
Anyone with any
information on the shooting is asked to call the Okaloosa County Sheriff's
Office at 850-651-7400 or Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at 850-863-TIPS.
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