{"id":160296,"date":"2026-02-18T20:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160296\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T20:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:52:14","slug":"20-year-old-accused-of-shooting-killing-man-at-a-cookout-in-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160296\/","title":{"rendered":"20-year-old accused of shooting, killing man at a cookout in Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aniel Avidan Galo-Chavez is facing second-degree murder, according to police.<\/p>\n

TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 A 20-year-old man was arrested just days after a deadly shooting in Tampa.<\/a><\/p>\n

On Sunday, officers with the Tampa Police Department responded to a report of a man who was shot at a home on W Spruce Street. They arrived to find a man in his mid-30s dead from an apparent gunshot wound.<\/p>\n

Officers said they immediately detained multiple people at the home and started collecting evidence and conducting interviews. Preliminary information revealed that a group of people, who all knew each other, were at a cookout when arguments and physical altercations took place.<\/p>\n

Police say one fight between Aniel Avidan Galo-Chavez, the victim and another man turned physical before the victim eventually “disengaged” and left the room. Galo-Chavez then reportedly went into a bedroom, returned armed with a gun and shot the victim, who was unarmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Officials say a gun was recovered at the scene and placed into evidence.<\/p>\n

Galo-Chavez was arrested on Tuesday and taken to Orient Road Jail. Police say he now faces second-degree murder.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis incident is a tragic reminder that conflicts should not be resolved with violence,\u201d Chief Lee Bercaw said in a statement. \u201cA disagreement has now resulted in the permanent loss of a life and devastating consequences for everyone involved. Our detectives will always remain committed to thorough investigations to ensure justice is pursued.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aniel Avidan Galo-Chavez is facing second-degree murder, according to police. TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 A 20-year-old man was arrested…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-160296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160296","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=160296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}