Sheriff Seeks Robbers Who Shot Man Following Super Bowl Party

TAMPA, FL — The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is searching for two men who robbed and shot a man leaving a post-Super Bowl celebration in Ybor City.

Shortly after 3:30 a.m. Feb. 8, two men offered to give a ride to a man who was leaving a Super Bowl party on 7th Avenue. Instead of taking the man to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino as he requested, they drove him to the corner of Hartford Street and South 70th Street and ordered him out of the car at gunpoint.

They then demanded that he hand over his jewelry. When he complied, one of the men wearing a white football jersey with the number 45 on it shot him.

Detectives obtained video from various cameras along 7th Avenue and are asking anyone who recognizes the man pictured to call the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at 813-247-8200.

“This suspect turned a night of celebrating into a night of terror for the victim he robbed and shot,” said Sheriff Chad Chronister. “We want to find this individual immediately, and we are asking anyone who may have seen him the night of the big game to reach out to our detectives.”