{"id":160329,"date":"2026-02-18T21:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160329\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T21:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:16:07","slug":"tampa-shooting-suspect-accused-of-killing-unarmed-man-following-fight-at-a-cookout-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160329\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa shooting suspect accused of killing unarmed man following fight at a cookout: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/galo-chavez-aniel-avidan.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\/tampa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tampa<\/a> police have arrested a suspect they say shot and killed a man on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">According to the Tampa Police Department, officers went to a home on the 3000 block of W Spruce Street to investigate a report of a man being shot.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">When officers arrived, they said they found a man in his mid-30s dead from an apparent gunshot wound.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Officers immediately detained several people at the home and began gathering witness statements and collecting evidence.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/sarasota-man-arrested-1999-killing-aspiring-rapper-time-will-eventually-catch-up-you\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sarasota man arrested for 1999 killing of aspiring rapper: \u2018Time will eventually catch up to you\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Police said a group of people who were all known to each other were at a cookout when several arguments and physical altercations broke out.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">One fight between Aniel Avidan Galo-Chavez, 20, and another man turned physical, according to TPD.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Police said the fight ended when the victim stopped fighting and left the room.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Galo-Chavez, according to police, then went into a bedroom, grabbed a gun and shot the unarmed victim.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">He was arrested on Tuesday and charged with second-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">&#8220;This incident is a tragic reminder that conflicts should not be resolved with violence,&#8221; said Chief Lee Bercaw. &#8220;A 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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written with information from a Tampa Police Department press release.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\/tampa\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; Tampa police have arrested a suspect they say shot and killed a man on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[630,47,629,115,135,137,136,628],"class_list":{"0":"post-160329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-hillsborough","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-tampa","13":"tag-tampa-headlines","14":"tag-tampa-news","15":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160329","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=160329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}