At Least 18 Injured and 2 Dead in Shooting Incident During Halloween Celebration in Tampa, Florida
At least two individuals lost their lives and another 18 suffered injuries following a violent incident involving firearms as groups of people were departing from Halloween festivities in Tampa, Florida during the early hours of Sunday morning.
At approximately 2:47 a.m., Tampa Police Officers responded to a shooting incident on the 1600 block of E. 7th Ave.
At the time of the incident, approximately 50 officers were already working along the 7th Ave corridor. Despite their presence, an altercation between two groups escalated into a deadly exchange of gunfire outside Tangra Nightclub and a 7-Eleven convenience store.
One male victim was pronounced dead at the scene, while another succumbed to his injuries at a nearby hospital.
