{"id":154019,"date":"2026-02-13T05:07:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/154019\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T05:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:07:14","slug":"19-year-old-charged-with-murder-after-woman-fatally-shot-in-tampa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/154019\/","title":{"rendered":"19-year-old charged with murder after woman fatally shot in Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 19-year-old was arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Tampa on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/news\/local\/hillsboroughcounty\/tampa-homicides-hit-50-year-low\/67-2a7da8a7-8e2d-49a4-8ef7-8800c6a2af60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tampa Police Department;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tampa Police Department<\/a> responded to the shooting on Brittany Lane just after 12:30 p.m. After arriving, they reportedly found a woman in her mid-30s with a gunshot to the upper body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite lifesaving measures, police say she died from her injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators say they identified Jamarian Bradfield as the suspect in the shooting following evidence and witness statements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to Tampa police, preliminary investigation suggested that Bradfield and the woman, who were &#8220;acquainted with each other,&#8221; got into an argument immediately before the shooting. Bradfield reportedly pointed a gun at the woman and threatened to shoot her before the actual shooting happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say Bradfield was driving a 2015 Mercedes sedan, and after scouring the area, they found him at a nearby apartment complex on N 22nd St., where he was armed and detained. The Mercedes was impounded and officers seized the gun as evidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bradfield was taken to Orient Road Jail and is now charged with murder, according to the police department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The swift apprehension of this armed individual is a direct result of the relentless work of our officers and investigators,&#8221; Chief Lee Bercaw said in a statement.\u00a0&#8220;We hope this quick arrest brings a sense of justice to the victim\u2019s family as they navigate this senseless tragedy.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 19-year-old was arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Tampa on Thursday. Officers with the Tampa&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[74293,74292,135,137,136,3793],"class_list":["post-154019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-bradfield","tag-jamarian-bradfield","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-tampa-police-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154019","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=154019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}