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Crime
Jury Convicts 6-Time
Man Dies From Gunshot Wound At Lakeland Apartment
Convicted Felon
For Having Gun
Lakeland police are investigating a deadly shooting that occurred earlier this month.
On Saturday, July 2, 2022, officers responded to the Big Oaks Apartments, located on Big Oaks Drive, after receiving a report about the shooting. When they arrived, they found a 24-year-old man with a gunshot wound.
Officers pro-
vided aid until paramedics from Lakeland Fire Depart- ment and Polk County Fire Rescue arrived. He was taken to Lakeland Regional Health where he died.
Police did not publicly identify the man.
Anonymous tips can be submitted to Heart- land Crime Stoppers by
A federal jury has found a 27-year-old Bradenton man guilty of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Davion Rivers faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hear- ing has not been set yet. Rivers had been indicted on August 27, 2020.
According to testimony presented at trial, on August 10, 2020, law enforcement of- ficers encountered Rivers when they responded to a call for service. Rivers yelled at the officers and pushed one of them. An officer saw that Rivers had a firearm in his pocket after the push. The of- ficer tased Rivers and recov- ered the firearm from his pocket. The firearm was a Taurus Judge, a revolver that can fire shotgun shells, and
DAVION RIVERS
which had five spent shell cas- ings in the cylinder. Officers later secured a search warrant for Rivers’s phone and found that it contained a text message thread where Rivers had negotiated and agreed to buy the firearm.
As a previously convicted felon, Rivers is prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition under the law.
BIG OAKS APARTMENTS
calling
or submitting a tip on-
www.heartland- crimestoppers.com.
1-800-226-8477
line:
UNCLE SANDY
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