FL - Police: 12-year-old found shot, killed in Tampa home - 1/8/23

[Bishop Black]

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A 12-year-old was found shot and killed Sunday at a home in Tampa, police say.

Around 2 p.m., law enforcement arrived at a home on East 11th Avenue after receiving a report of a shooting and located the 12-year-old's body with gunshot wounds to the upper body, the Tampa Police Department said in a news release. Police say they also found a 14-year-old who was shot. That teen was transported to a nearby hospital and is expected to recover from gunshot wounds to the upper body.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Once again, foolish adults leaving guns unsecured and the child pays the price. Two families lives changed forever. I hope the surviving boy heals quickly.

 

[TeaTime]

Who shot them?

 

[MsMarple]

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A 12-year-old was found shot and killed Sunday at a home in Tampa, police say.

Around 2 p.m., law enforcement arrived at a home on East 11th Avenue after receiving a report of a shooting and located the 12-year-old's body with gunshot wounds to the upper body, the Tampa Police Department said in a news release. Police say they also found a 14-year-old who was shot. That teen was transported to a nearby hospital and is expected to recover from gunshot wounds to the upper body.

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The two juveniles reportedly don’t live at the home where they were found and were inside with other young people when the shooting occurred.

Authorities say the shooting does not appear to be random and detectives are interviewing people who were at the home during the time of the shooting. They are also talking to an adult who lives at the home but was not there during the shooting.

 

[MsMarple]

More. Hmm, adult guardian? I wonder what the home situation was.

Tampa police said the two injured children did not live at the home and there were “additional juveniles” present at the time of the shooting. The agency said that based on their preliminary investigation, there were no adults in the home at the time and the incident does not appear to be random.

Detectives are still interviewing the other children who were in the home, in addition to an adult guardian who lives there, according to the Tampa Police Department.

12-year-old killed, teenager wounded in Tampa shooting

A child was killed and a teenager was injured in a shooting in Tampa on Sunday.

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[PromotedPawn]

Too close to home on this one. These kids deserve better.

 

[borndem]

Guns, guns, guns. Weapons can be okay if the user uses it for the right purpose at the right time.
How many kids have been wounded or died because another youth, either accidentally or on purpose has fired a weapon? The shooter knows where the weapons & ammo are in the home, and the shooter knows where the keys are, or the shooter knows where the unlocked weapons and ammo are. And it goes from there. Two families, or more, will be affected for the rest of their lives. And some young person may be going to prison for a crime.