7 Injured, 3 Critically, in Panama City Beach Spring Break Shooting

Seven people were shot and one person is in custody, officials said.

ByABC News
March 29, 2015, 7:24 AM

— -- Three college students on spring break who were among seven people wounded in a shooting early Saturday at a home in Panama City Beach, Florida were "innocent victims," police said.

Police arrested the shooting suspect, David Jamichael Daniels, 22, of Mobile, Alabama, and charged him with seven counts of attempted murder. The Bay County Sheriff's Office said witnesses helped identify him.

Three people were in critical condition following the shooting, the sheriff's office said. Three others were in stable condition and one victim was in surgery, officials said.

Among the victims were three students from Alabama A&M University visiting Panama City Beach for spring break, the sheriff's office said.

The university identified the three as Kearria Freed, 20, who was in critical condition; Kelli Regina Curry, 20, who was in stable condition; and, Annesia Powell, 19, who was undergoing surgery.

The university said it was told the three students were "innocent victims in the wrong place" by a Bay County investigator.

Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen said in a news conference Saturday afternoon that he wasn't surprised by the shooting.

"We have drunk people under the influence with guns and no respect for themselves, others, and - most of all - authority," he said. "We have a recipe for disaster."

Six firearm-related calls were reported in the area on Friday night, according to the sheriff's office. In another incident, a gun discharged at a condo, officials said, and four additional firearms were seized in drug-related cases.