Breaking news: Shooting in County Administrative Complex (update)

Law enforcement has evacuated the Escambia County Administrative Complex on South Palafox Street. The street has been blocked off. The word is there has been an employee-involved shooting, one fatality. Stay tuned.

Update 3:01 pm: An county employee brought a gun into the building and took his life. No one else injured.

Update 3:26 pm: Assistant Pensacola Police Chief Tommy Lyter confirmed a fatality. There is no active shooter in the building. PPD will release limited information later today, more once the investigation is complete and the family notified.

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Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”