Atmore man charged in May murder case
A 44-year-old Atmore man has been charged with murder in a May shooting which left one man dead and another injured.
Atmore police said Friday they had arrested Eric Mitchell for the May 29 incident in which police responded to the area of Carver Street and King Street on a report of shots fired.
Officers located two victims, both of whom were transported to a local hospital, where one of the victims — identified as Robert Starks of Atmore — died. The other was treated at a local trauma center.
Atmore police have released no other information.
Mitchell remains held without bond in the Escambia County Detention Center, charged with murder, according to Atmore police. The jail docket lists the charges against Mitchell as shooting into an occupied dwelling, domestic violence, and discharging a firearm within the city limits, according to the jail docket.