{"id":227362,"date":"2026-04-11T07:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/227362\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T07:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:45:11","slug":"man-found-dead-in-downtown-tampa-person-of-interest-detained-police-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/227362\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found dead in downtown Tampa, person of interest detained: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say a man was found dead with injuries in downtown Tampa after officers responded to a call about an unresponsive person Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Tampa Police Department says a person of interest was detained and they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the man&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The case remains active, with police urging anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; One person was detained and police are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead Friday afternoon in downtown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\/tampa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tampa;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tampa&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Tampa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the Tampa Police Department, officers responded shortly before 4 p.m. to the 800 block of East Zack Street, following a report of an unresponsive person.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When officers arrived, they found an adult man suffering from injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say one person of interest was detained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we don&#8217;t know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators are working to determine that person\u2019s involvement and the circumstances surrounding the man\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police have not released the identity of the victim or the person detained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What&#8217;s next<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The investigation remains active, and police say more information will be released as it becomes available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What you can do<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information is encouraged to contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crimestopperstb.com\/sitemenu.aspx?ID=155&amp;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay<\/a> to submit a tip anonymously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information for this story was provided by the Tampa Police Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Police say a man was found dead with injuries in downtown Tampa after officers responded to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[6184,30574,75770,135,1526,137,136,3793],"class_list":["post-227362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-downtown-tampa","tag-friday-afternoon","tag-person-of-interest","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-tampa-police-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227362","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=227362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}