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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Police are working to determine what led to a reported shooting that left a woman dead late Saturday morning.
According to the Tampa Police Department, officers responded to the 4100 block of East Fowler Avenue just before 11:30 a.m.
Police believe that a man and a woman, both in their early 70s and known to each other, were driving along Fowler Avenue when the man fired a gun. He then pulled into a business parking lot and stopped the vehicle.
The passenger was struck in her upper body and died from her injuries at the scene.
Police took the man into custody, and investigators are currently interviewing him to determine what led to the shooting. The gun was taken into evidence.
Officers did not release the man’s identity.
This is an isolated incident, and there is no ongoing threat to the public, police said.
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