1 Dead in Tampa Shooting

TAMPA, FL — A 31-year-old Tampa man is dead following a Monday night shooting that also left another man injured.

According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were tipped off about shots fired just before 9 p.m. in the 2100 block of 136st Avenue East. About a minute later, they received a report about a man in an apartment in the 13600 block of 21st Street suffering from gunshot wounds.

When deputies arrived at the apartment, they found Matthew Wissmann dead, an email from the agency said. A second victim, Carlos M. Taylor, 33, was also identified. Taylor was taken to Tampa General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the email said.

Taylor told deputies he and Wissmann were sitting outside the apartment when they were approached by a man known to them. An argument took place and the man left, Taylor told deputies. The man, however, returned a short time later and is accused of firing shots at both victims.

Deputies say the shooting is possibly drug related.

A search for the suspect is now under way. Deputies say he is a black male who stands about 6-foot-2. He weighs an estimated 170 pounds and has a short beard. He was last seen wearing a red and black ball cap, red tank top or Jersey type shirt and blue or black shorts. He was riding a bicycle.

Anyone with information in the case is asked to call the sheriff’s office 813-247-8200. Tips may also be called into Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS. Anonymous tips are accepted online at www.crimestopperstb.com or through the P3 Tips Mobile App. Tipsters who wish to be eligible for a possible cash reward must call Crime Stoppers first.

No further information about the shooting is available at this time.

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