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Monday Apr 29 | Pensacola News Journal

Victim in Friday night homicide ID'd

Two men shot on Medford Avenue in West Pensacola on Friday night were identified Monday as Landi Benitez and Jose Joya.

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Sun Apr 28, 2013

Pensacola News Journal

Friday night shooting victims may be gang members

A man who was shot to death Friday night in West Pensacola and a second man who was wounded are believed to be Latin Kings gang members, a law enforcement source said Saturday.

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Sat Apr 27, 2013

Pensacola News Journal

Pensacola man gets life in prison for killing dad's girlfriend

Before Circuit Judge Ross Goodman sentenced Fred "Billy" Walker Jr. to life in prison in the death of Sandra Tucker, 47, prosecutors played back her final words in court on Friday.

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Fri Apr 26, 2013

Pensacola News Journal

Shannon Nickinson: Cut gangs to cut gun violence

Everybody is fed up. But what is "everybody" prepared to do about it? The level of gun violence that spiked in West Pensacola and Escambia County in 2012 prompted lots of concerned civic murmuring and official steps, including the creation of a gun crime task force across jurisdictions in the area to try to crack down.

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Thu Apr 25, 2013

Tallahassee Democrat

Local coffee shops fulfill finals java fix

Every Seminole needs to get their buzz on with the fast-approaching, mind-boggling stress-inducing finals week just on the horizon.

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