Laderik Fountain, a 40-year-old resident of Pensacola, Florida, was found with a gunshot wound at Oakwood Terrace Apartments on September 14, 2022, and later died at a local hospital. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office investigated the shooting. Witnesses said an altercation occurred inside the apartment after Fountain allegedly slapped Lakendrick Holmes’ girlfriend, Shania Robinson, and people reported seeing a flash and hearing a gunshot, though no one definitively identified the shooter.

Robinson at one point said she had fired the shot and later recanted; Holmes gave conflicting accounts, including that Robinson retrieved the gun and shot Fountain. No firearm was recovered, a key witness died, and prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence to meet the burden of proof, so charges against Holmes were dropped and he was released in January 2024. The exact circumstances of Fountain’s death remain unresolved.

If anyone knew Fountain or was at Oakwood Terrace Apartments that night, please share what was seen or heard.