Active Shooter Situation Unfolding In Panama City, Florida

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FLORIDA — Police were responding to an active shooting in a Panama City neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.

The scene is at an apartment complex in the 2300 block of Beck Avenue–residents are being urged to avoid the area.

Witnesses say they heard 50-100 gunshots.

Several police units and a SWAT Team were reported in the area.

The suspected gunman, identified as 49-year-old Kevin Robert Holroyd, may have barricaded himself inside a bank.

Holroyd

According to the Walton County Sheriff, a ‘suspicious death’ on White Heron Drive in Santa Rosa Beach is connected to this incident.

The victim in that homicide shooting has been identified as Clinton Street, 30. Street was reportedly in a relationship with Holroyd’s ex-wife.

Holroyd fired upon law enforcement when they arrived–multiple shots were fired. The  SWAT team is on scene, along with the Bomb Squad.

The Bomb Squad attempted a breach of the front door but Holroyd had barricaded it from inside.

At least one injury has been reported. An EMS worker was grazed by a bullet.

Holroyd was later reported ‘down.’

It was unclear of there have been fatalities at the current scene.

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