A man is being held in the Escambia County Jail after he was arrested by Pensacola Police today and charged with homicide.

Kenneth Salter, 69, no permanent address, was charged in connection with the murder of Winston D. Smith, 73, of the 900 block of Bayou Boulevard, Pensacola. Smith died Thursday afternoon in a local hospital.

Sgt. Kristin Brown said Smith had allowed Salter to stay in his house for awhile and that the men got into an argument January 12 when Smith told him he had to move out.

Brown said that during the argument, Salter struck Smith several times in the head with an object and then left the residence.

Smith’s son found him injured in the home on Tuesday and called for an ambulance to take his father to the hospital.

Police were notified about the incident on Wednesday. Detectives Jonathan Thacker and Chad Willhite developed Salter as a suspect during the
investigation.

Salter was found this morning in a vacant house in the 400 block of West Jackson Street.

A person of interest has been taken into custody in connection with a fatal shooting Tuesday, a news release from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said.

Reginald Sherrod Williams, 24, has been identified as a suspect in the death of 22-year-old Nicholas Renato Baer. Baer’s girlfriend returned home to a residence in the 1500 block of Galvin Avenue on Tuesday and found Baer suffering apparent gunshot wounds.

Williams developed as a possible suspect during a separate arrest later that night.

Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies along with the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Williams Tuesday night in connection with an armed disturbance in the 400 block of Shiloh Drive, the release said.

Deputies were called to the residence at approximately 11:15 p.m., and several victims at the scene identified Williams as the suspect who had entered the residence without permission and threatened them with a gun, firing at and striking a male with it. Williams was arrested a short time later in the 9700 block of Harbor Place and was charged with multiple charges stemming from the Shiloh Drive incident.

During the investigation, Williams developed as a suspect in Baer’s homicide.

Narcotics were located at the scene of the killing, and the shooting appears to be drug related, according to the release. The investigation into that case is ongoing.

The Escambia County Sheriff’s office has identified a woman who was found dead Wednesday in a Pensacola residence.

Deputies reportedly found the body of Angela M. Cook, 39, in a residence in the 2700 block of North U Street after the home’s resident, Matthew N. Warren, allegedly said he had killed Cook and put her in his garbage can, a Sheriff’s Office news release said.

Cook was reportedly located in a trash receptacle in Warren’s living room with numerous lacerations on her body, according to the release.

The Medical Examiner’s Office is investigating Cook’s exact cause of death.

Warren is currently being held in Escambia County Jail without bond.

Yesterday’s story

A Pensacola man was charged with murder Tuesday evening after he reportedly told deputies he killed a woman and put her in his trash can, an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office news release said.

At about 5:30 p.m., deputies responded to the 2700 block of North U Street in reference to a male in the middle of the street covered in blood, the release said.

Deputies found Matthew N. Warren, 32, in the middle of the street, according to the release. The report said Warren made a spontaneous statement that he had killed a woman and put her in his trash can.

The responding deputies reportedly went into Warren’s residence and found a deceased woman in a gray trash receptacle in the living room.

The Sheriff’s Office has not released the female’s identity or cause of death at this time. Investigators also have not released any details on the motive for the killing or the relationship between Warren and the victim, citing an ongoing investigation.

Warren was charged with first-degree murder. He is being held in Escambia County Jail without bond.

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