TAMPA, FL \u2014 A Tampa man was arrested on multiple charges, including attempted murder, two weeks after a shooting that stemmed from a dispute over a children\u2019s bullying incident, the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a news release. <\/p>\n
Deputies responded to a shooting at an unnamed apartment complex on March 23. <\/p>\n
From speaking with witnesses, detectives learned that the incident started with a group of children playing outside. <\/p>\n
A child who wasn\u2019t included in the group went home and told a family member that she was being bullied, the sheriff\u2019s office said. <\/p>\n
Adults gathered outside the apartment complex to discuss the issue, which led to an argument among several people. <\/p>\n
During the confrontation, the suspect, Khiry Cole, 35, started a fight with the victim, the sheriff\u2019s office said. He then pulled out a gun and chased the victim, firing two shots at them as they ran off. There were no injuries. <\/p>\n
Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Cole, who turned himself in at Orient Road Jail on April 5. <\/p>\n
In addition to second-degree attempted murder, Cole was also charged with aggravated battery and discharging a firearm in public or on a residential property. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis situation escalated quickly and recklessly, putting lives at risk, including children,\u201d Sheriff Chad Chronister said. \u201cPulling a gun and firing at someone over a dispute is unacceptable. We will continue to hold those who resort to violence fully accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, FL \u2014 A Tampa man was arrested on multiple charges, including attempted murder, two weeks after a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-223523","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\/223523","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=223523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}