Suspect Arrested In Tampa Shooting That Left Man Injured: Sheriff

TAMPA, FL — A 19-year-old man wanted in connection with a shooting that left another man wounded in Tampa earlier this month has been arrested, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

De'Ronte Stephens was arrested Monday by the Tampa Police Department on an unrelated warrant, the sheriff’s office said.

The shooting happened just after midnight on Nov. 5 in the 4800 block of Claymore Drive.

Deputies learned that the victim had been involved in a verbal altercation with an unidentified man in a parking lot.

As the victim walked away, the suspect pulled out a firearm and fired two shots, striking the victim once in the leg, according to investigators. The victim was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.

Detectives later identified Stephens as the suspect and obtained an arrest warrant charging him with attempted second-degree murder with a firearm, aggravated battery causing great bodily harm or involving a deadly weapon, and discharging a firearm in public or on residential property, the sheriff’s office said.

Stephens’ initial arrest was on an unrelated warrant for five counts of violation of probation stemming from a 2024 aggravated battery case involving a previous shooting, authorities said.

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