23-year-old woman killed in Creeks Edge shooting
Release from Gainesville Police Department
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A 23-year-old woman was shot and killed last night at Creeks Edge Condominiums; the shooter is still at large but is believed to have left the area.
Just before 10 p.m. on Tuesday night, multiple officers responded to Creeks Edge Condominiums (1810 NW 23rd Boulevard) after receiving several calls reporting gunshots in the area.
Upon arrival, officers located a 23-year-old female suffering from a gunshot wound. Despite lifesaving efforts, she succumbed to her injuries at the scene.
The suspect, identified as Xavion Perry III (10/5/1994), fled the area immediately following the shooting. Officers quickly began efforts to locate Perry and his vehicle.
Shortly after 11:30 p.m., Perry’s vehicle was spotted in Daytona Beach, where the Daytona Beach Police Department initiated a pursuit. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office also assisted in the pursuit. During the incident, Perry abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot.
At this time, the suspect is not believed to be in the Gainesville area. Law enforcement agencies in Volusia County continue actively searching for Perry.
This remains an active investigation, and additional information will be released as it becomes available.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Gainesville Police Department at 352-393-7500. Anonymous tips can also be submitted to Alachua County Crime Stoppers Inc or by calling 352-372-STOP (7867).
Xavion: Was it worth life in prison?
Mayor Ward , Chief Moya, and the B squared crime task force: I guess he missed the gun violence symposium that was supposed to stop the violence the city is having.. on mothers’s day we had 2 killings, 1 by knife, 1 by gun…what’s going on? Lots of homeless crime too!
Whoops! Our gun violence and homicide stats just went up…
Incarceration works.
Firstly, its crazy your first reaction isn’t empathy for the girl who died. She was an incredibly kind person. Second, Incarceration doesn’t prevent murders, it just reacts to them. The only solution is better public schools and programs to support youth so they don’t end up like Xavion.
How bout the parents of these miscreants raise their children instead of society (us) having to raise (incarcerate) them while the damage has already been done?
At some point, parents are going to realize Gainesville is not a safe place to send their children to school.
And those apartments ‘used to be’ such a nice area. Oh well, there goes the neighborhood.
Want to reduce gun violence? Reduce guns, reduce ammunition.
As long as guns – and ammunition – are easily accessible, with legal loopholes, secondary markets, and illegally, in Gainesville, in Florida, and across the USA, gun violence will not significantly subside.
Stop the guns – stop the ammo: stop gun violence.
The “Kumbaya” approach to reducing gun violence is a folly.
Mayor Bloomberg cut New York’s homicide rate by 50% by arresting people carrying guns illegally. While his tactics were overly aggressive, the lives saves were very significant.
He sho sacrifices liberty For safety gets neither…it’s an axiom…
No we all know it’s a certain segment of the community that is committing the gun crimes that nobody wants to acknowledge and even if you banned the Guns, Ammo they would just use something else and than you ban that and they’re now using hands and feet. You need to lock people up. That keeps them from committing new crimes. I am going to name the group of kids that’s committing all these crimes and I dare you commie liberals to deny it. We all know it’s kids from the East Side those kids in the IB program at East Side High. I’ve been reading about how dangerous it is on the eastside and how life is tougher for eastside kids now I know why it’s all those Eastside White IB kids. I think the they’re in a gang or something that’s why they’re called the IB’s