Post by Scumhunter on Jul 28, 2023 9:38:10 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: calhounjournal.com)
Fugitive Profile as of July 28th, 2023: (Based on Calhoun County warrants search)
Full Name: Nathan Averi Higgins
Age (as of 7/28/2023): 20 years old
Race: White
Sex: Male
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
From calhounjournal.com:
January 12, 2022
Jim Evancho
On Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at approximately 7:00 pm the Anniston Police Department was dispatched to the area of 13th Street and Christine Avenue to respond to a report of a gunshot victim. Upon arrival Anniston officers located a victim lying in the road, identified as Taevion Fife, 15 year old juvenile, of Gadsden. The victim was treated at the scene and transported to NEARMC where he died from his injuries. Investigators from the Anniston Police Department arrived and initiated an investigation. During the course of the preliminary investigation a suspect was identified. According to the official press release, the suspect, Nathan Averi Higgins, 19, from Oxford, and the victim knew each other, and an argument had occurred just prior to the shooting.
Higgins was located in Lincoln, AL where he was taken into custody and brought to the Calhoun County Jail. He is charged with Murder and currently being held on a $200, 000.00 bond. The investigation is still ongoing and if anyone has any information about this case, please contact the Anniston Police Department.
The Calhoun County Journal spoke with Higgins’ mother about the incident. Ms. Higgins stated that she had spoken to her son and believes this is a case of self-defense. According to Ms. Higgins the victim and suspect, who have been friends since they were about eight years old, met at her son’s apartment to conduct a firearm sale. Nathan Higgins was selling a semiauto handgun and the victim was there to make the purchase on behalf of another person. Taevion requested to test fire the weapon to ensure that it works, and Nathan handed him the weapon. Ms. Higgins then said that is when the victim advised he was not going to be paying for the firearm, so Nathan reached for it and Taevion fired a round. Nathan also had a second handgun and utilized it to fire back at Taevion striking him.
Ms. Higgins also stated that the firearms were “legal”, and her son believed this was just a simple sale of property. She went on to say that her son was a good person and would never intentionally set out to hurt anyone. “He has a full-time job, his own apartment, and two children, a one-month-old child and one year old, that he loves very much.” Ms. Higgins also said that Nathan has not gotten into any serious trouble in the past and can’t believe this happened.
Ms. Higgins discussed the sadness she feels for the other family as well. “There is another family hurting now because their child is dead.” The two families have known each other for many years, and she wants them to know that she is deeply saddened by this event.
calhounjournal.com/teen-charged-with-murder-in-anniston/
Thoughts? It would appear from the above story that Higgins was arrested but eventually bonded out and became a fugitive as Calhoun County Alabama's public access shows a warrant for murder since September 22nd, 2022. He is also on the latest edition of Calhoun County Alabama's most wanted with a charge of bond revocation- murder.
www.calcoso.org/warrant/higgins-nathan-averi/
calhounjournal.com/accused-murder-suspect-on-calhoun-county-sheriffs-most-wanted/
I certainly sympathize with what Nathan's mother is going through to have her son become a murder suspect, and despite fleeing, Nathan is entitled to a fair trial and to be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. However, it doesn't help, when he does flee, and if he is truly innocent, he should turn himself in. If that doesn't happen, for the sake of both his and Taevon's families, hopefully someone does the right thing and lets police know of his whereabouts so that there can be finality (there's never closure, but as far as getting the court process over with).
The above Calhounjournal.com link has a submit a tip button that will lead to a tel link to the Sheriff's Office for anyone with information on Nathan Higgins.
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