TAMPA, Fla. — A homicide investigation is underway after a fatal shooting in Tampa late Thursday night.
The Tampa Police Department (TPD) said after arriving at the 8500 block of North Hamner Avenue, around 11:30 p.m. due to reports of shots being heard in the area, officers found a man in his late 30s with a gunshot wound to his upper body.
"Officers rendered aid until Tampa Fire Rescue arrived and pronounced the subject deceased on scene," TPD said in a press release.
According to the preliminary investigation, the shooter, a man in his mid-20s, was sitting in his friend's driveway in his vehicle when the man went up to his driver-side window. The shooter, per TPD, put his window down and that's when the man "yelled something unknown before raising the gun toward him."
"The [shooter] advised he thought the [man] was going to shoot him, so he grabbed his gun and fired, hitting the [man]," TPD said.
The gun, according to TPD, that the man pulled out on the shooter was determined to be fake.
TPD said the shooter has been cooperating with the investigation.
"This remains an active investigation, with appropriate charges being reviewed in partnership with the State Attorney's Office."
