Crime & Safety
Stabbing Suspect Jumped From I-275 Overpass Before Arrest: Police
A man accused of stabbing a woman at a Tampa apartment building jumped off an I-275 overpass trying to avoid arrest, police said.
TAMPA, FL — A stabbing suspect jumped from an Interstate 275 overpass before being arrested late Wednesday night, according to a Tampa Police Department news release.
When officers responded to a reported stabbing late Wednesday night at Hunters Village Apartments, 8500 Hunters Village Road, they found the victim, a woman, “with multiple injuries and significant blood loss,” police said.
She was brought to a nearby hospital as a trauma alert by Tampa Fire Rescue. She was in stable condition on Thursday.
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Detectives quickly identified Thomas Sapp, 31, who knows the victim, as the suspect, police said.
TPD officers working with the U.S. Marshals Task Force determined a possible location for Sapp late Thursday morning.
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He was spotted in a car on County Line Road over I-275 just before 11:30 a.m.
As officers worked to stop traffic, Sapp jumped from the overpass, landing on the interstate and narrowly avoiding being run over by a semi-truck, police said.
Sapp, who suffered serious injuries and was brought to a nearby hospital, will be charged with attempted murder. He was in stable condition Thursday.
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