Sunny Sunday Shrimp Festival ends with injury

May 4, 2014 9:19 p.m.

Undated May 6, 2014

Too much alcohol reported individuals on the scene, resulted in a serious  head injury to an individual who was life flighted to Jacksonville's Shands Hospital late Sunday afternoon.

According to the Fernandina Beach Police Report, a Palace Saloon security guard reported an intoxicated individual identified as Gordon Jacob Songer from Yulee, Florida was sitting on a bench at 2nd and Centre Streets "trying to fight with whoever walked by him."  After falling off the bench, Songer proceeded to a truck owned by Brandon Edward Allison and began "to punch and kick it."  The security guard reported to police that Allison, told Songer to "stop damaging his truck 5 or 6 times."

According to Allison's comments in the police report, "Songer came toward in an aggressive manner." Songer took a fighting stance, so Allison "swung and struck Songer in the chin."  The blow caused Songer to fall backwards and  hit his head on the sidewalk.

Crime scene tape was placed on the northeast corner of North 2nd and Center while City of Fernandina Beach Police investigated the incident.