TAMPA, Fla. — The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) announced Tuesday the arrest in the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old man in Tampa.
Detectives arrested Maurice Blackmon for shooting and killing Corey Brown following a dispute around North Nebraska Avenue and 129th Avenue on Feb. 2, according to HCSO.
He is officially charged with second-degree murder with a firearm (great bodily harm/death).
HCSO said dispatch received a call about the shooting happening just after 6:30 a.m. on Feb. 2 around North Nebraska Avenue and 129th Avenue.
When deputies arrived, HCSO said they found Brown with a gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
The investigation is ongoing.
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