{"id":120066,"date":"2026-01-16T03:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/120066\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T03:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:18:08","slug":"tampa-man-arrested-in-2022-deadly-apartment-shooting-hcso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/120066\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa man arrested in 2022 deadly apartment shooting: HCSO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; The Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrested a man on Tuesday in connection with a 2022 shooting that left a man dead at an apartment complex in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\/tampa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tampa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">According to HCSO, on May 6, 2022, deputies responded to 1250 Skipper Road for a shooting at the Verra North Apartments. When deputies arrived, they found a man, Bryce Green, dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/bradenton-homicide-suspect-custody-investigation-underway-bpd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bradenton medical complex shooting leaves woman dead, another hospitalized: Police<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Charges were initially filed in 2022, but the case went through extensive legal review, HCSO said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">On Nov. 7, 2024, a Hillsborough County grand jury indicted Nekko Orta, 27, on charges of first-degree murder and armed burglary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Authorities arrested Orta on a warrant on Tuesday, according to HCSO.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;This arrest demonstrates our commitment to never giving up on victims and their families,&#8221; Sheriff Chad Chronister said. &#8220;Even four years later, our detectives remained relentless, using every investigative tool available and working closely with our law enforcement partners to pursue justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The sheriff&#8217;s office did not specify what caused the case to be under thorough legal examination for years after charges were initially filed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information for this story was provided by the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\/tampa\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; The Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrested a man on Tuesday in connection with a 2022&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[630,47,629,115,135,137,136,628],"class_list":["post-120066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-fl","tag-hillsborough","tag-news","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}