Edgar William Jennings III, 35, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was found fatally shot in the head at his home on Culp Avenue on the night of November 19, 2019. Born January 23, 1984, in Little Rock, Arkansas, he played football at Choctawhatchee High School, hoped to become a video game designer, and worked as a professional gamer signed with Gamesharkz. He is remembered by family as a loving father, brother, son, and partner with a free-spirited nature and an infectious smile.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigated the killing. Authorities identified Jordan Elijah Phillips as the shooter and Carissa Lynn Parker as the person who contracted the murder; surveillance footage and witness testimony were reported as evidence. Phillips pleaded guilty to second-degree murder with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and received a 40-year sentence with a 25-year minimum; Parker was sentenced to 53 years for arranging the killing.

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