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Panama City Shooting

By: Sabrina Zimring Email
Updated: Mon 10:41 AM, Jun 25, 2007

A local man is lucky to be alive after Panama City police investigators say this man shot him in the back when he tried to run away from a fight.

It happened yesterday in the parking lot of KJ's Restaurant and Lounge on MLK Blvd. in Panama City.

Investigators say 21-year-old Lajarvix Santez Allen pulled a gun on the victim when we tried to run away from the fight.

The shot punctured the victim’s lungs. He was rushed to a local hospital where the medical staff worked to successfully revive him.

Allen is charged with aggravated battery


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