{"id":416531,"date":"2026-10-02T07:54:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/416531\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T07:54:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:54:27","slug":"tampa-police-reclassify-shooting-investigation-to-homicide-after-man-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/416531\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa police reclassify shooting investigation to homicide after man dies"},"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\">Tampa police reclassified a death investigation to a homicide following a shooting on Nebraska Avenue near McEwen Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers provided life-saving care to a Black man in his early 60s who later died at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Detectives released video of a man on a red mountain bike and are asking the community to help identify the suspect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; The Tampa Police Department has reclassified a death investigation to a homicide following the death of a man shot in late September.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Police Investigation<\/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\">Tampa police said they responded to a shooting on <a data-ylk=\"slk:Tuesday, Sept. 22;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/investigation-victim-dies-days-tampa-shooting-police\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Tuesday, Sept. 22<\/a>, on Nebraska Avenue near McEwen Avenue, where they found a Black man in his early 60s suffering from a gunshot wound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers state they provided life-saving care at the scene before Tampa Fire and Rescue transported the man to the hospital, where he died on Saturday, Sept. 26.<\/p>\n<p>Suspect Video Released<\/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\">Detectives have not released the identity of the victim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities are searching for a suspect seen on video who appears to be an adult man with a medium build, red or light brown hair, a short beard and riding a distinctive red mountain bike.<\/p>\n<p>Community Help Needed<\/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 that could aid the investigation is asked to contact the Tampa Police Department at 813-231-6130 and refer to report #26-561780.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Those who wish to remain anonymous and be eligible for a cash reward can call Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 800-873-TIPS.<\/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\">The information in this story was gathered from the Tampa Police Department, who released details regarding the homicide investigation and suspect video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Tampa police reclassified a death investigation to a homicide following a shooting on Nebraska Avenue near&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-416531","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\/416531","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=416531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}