Columbia County deputies searching for dangerous double shooting suspect

Right now, deputies are searching for a double shooting suspect. Deputies said Eddie Murphy is considered armed and dangerous.

On Friday, deputies said Murphy walked into a Lake City home with a gun and a mask on, demanding money.

When the homeowner didn’t give him cash, deputies said Murphy shot him and a 16-year-old boy.

A neighbor who didn’t want to be identified told Action News Jax the teen was shot five times and ran to her house for help.

Columbia County deputies want you to be on the lookout for this man, Eddie Murphy. (Considered armed and dangerous) He’s accused of shooting two people, including a 16yo boy. pic.twitter.com/rxRJ8Xao4V
— Amber Krycka (@AmberANjax) December 26, 2018

“He just kept saying, 'I was shot, I was shot, I was shot,'” she said.

She said it was cold Friday night when the shooting happened, so she covered him up with a blanket and stayed by his side until help arrived.

This is where @ColumbiaSheriff says two people were shot after a masked man with a gun walked in and demanded cash.

“He kept telling me don’t let me die, don’t let me die,” a neighbor says one of the victims, a 16yo boy was shot five times.

Live report at 5 pic.twitter.com/HzYuYKphJb
— Amber Krycka (@AmberANjax) December 26, 2018

“I just stayed there on the ground with him, and he kept telling me, 'Don’t let me die, don’t let me die.' He had turned his head just in time that the bullet grazed this way. (It) did a lot of damage, but it didn’t go into his brain. The one in his side stopped right before his spine, and the one in his hip stopped just right before it hit his intestines,” the neighbor said.

Deputies said Murphy was possibly driving a silver, 2007 Hyundai Sonata.

@Columbiasheriff Detectives are asking for the public's help in locating an armed and dangerous fugitive. On Friday...
Posted by Columbia County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, December 26, 2018

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