\u00a0Tampa man on trial after threesome leads to deadly shooting\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n“When you passed by did they say anything to you?” asked a prosecutor.<\/p>\n
“Yes, the gentleman did,” said Chelse Hakeem.<\/p>\n
“What did he say to you?” the prosecutor asked.<\/p>\n
“I think I just killed my best friend,” Hakeem responded.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors alleged that man is Kamal Padlowski. They also played bodycam footage in court, which they said shows a conversation between a man and a responding officer.<\/p>\n
“I came walking up and he said ‘I think I might’ve killed somebody’ and I looked under the water, he said ‘He’s right there.’ I walked past him,” the man said.<\/p>\n
At the time, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office said deputies were called for a reported shooting, but learned a man, now identified as Melvin Jimenez, fell into the water. Prosecutors played video of what happened beforehand.<\/p>\n
“As the defendant pushes him with such force that Mr. Jimenez goes flying back. He hits the bottom of his head, the top of his neck, and it causes a substantial injury,” said a prosecutor.<\/p>\n
They also played the rest of the video that they said shows Padlowski grabbing Jimenez and throwing him into the water.<\/p>\n
“He sees that he’s unconscious, and he grabs his ankles, he drags him across the dock, and he throws him in the water,” the prosecutor said.<\/p>\n
Angela Sprenger said she was with Jimenez at the marina earlier in the day and later saw people on Facebook talking about a body being pulled from the water of the marina.<\/p>\n
“I called 911. I just felt it. That’s when I called 911 because I started freaking out,” she said.<\/p>\n
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