Crime & Safety

Customer Fatally Shot By Employee At Tampa 7-Eleven: Report

An employee at a Tampa 7-Eleven fatally shot a customer during an argument, reports said.

TAMPA, FL — An employee at a Tampa 7-Eleven fatally shot a customer during an argument on Monday evening, Fox 13 reported.

Officers responded to a call about the shooting at the Nebraska Avenue store around 6:15 p.m., Tampa police said in a news release.

They found a man, a customer at the store, with a gunshot wound. He was brought to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries.

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Investigators learned that the shooting happened during an argument between the employee and the customer.

The employee is cooperating with the investigation, police said.

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