{"id":420151,"date":"2026-10-06T12:02:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420151\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T12:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:02:37","slug":"man-sentenced-to-55-years-for-2023-fatal-tampa-stabbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420151\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced to 55 years for 2023 fatal Tampa stabbing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 A man was sentenced to 55 years in prison on Monday for the 2023 stabbing of a construction supervisor in Hillsborough County.<\/p>\n

In Nov. of 2023, the then 23-year-old Shamek Carter-Bowick and 34-year-old Ja’Quan Glymp entered the Easthaven development, located in the 9200 block of Rock Harbour Way.<\/p>\n

While wearing hard hats and face masks, authorities said that the duo went inside a townhome where the victim was working on drywall.<\/p>\n

The two men then proceeded to rob the victim and stab him to death before fleeing, the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office reported.<\/p>\n

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Deputies arrived to find the man seriously injured with upper body trauma and he was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

Days after the stabbing, Glymp was arrested<\/a>. Carter-Bowick was taken into custody<\/a> in Fayetteville, North Carolina, about a month later.<\/p>\n

The Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office, 13th Judicial Circuit, said that the now 25-year-old Carter-Bowick was sentenced to 55 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and other charges.<\/p>\n

The county’s state attorney also said that jury selection is underway in Glymp’s case. If convicted he faces life in prison.<\/p>\n

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