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Tampa Strip Club Shooting Suspects Sought: Watch

Detectives are asking for public assistance in identifying two suspects in a Friday morning shooting at Chica's Cabaret in Tampa.

Detectives are asking for public assistance in identifying two suspects in a Friday morning shooting at Chica’s Cabaret in Tampa.
Detectives are asking for public assistance in identifying two suspects in a Friday morning shooting at Chica’s Cabaret in Tampa. (Courtesy of Tampa Police Department)

TAMPA, FL — Detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying two suspects in a Friday morning shooting at a Tampa strip club, authorities said. (Watch surveillance video footage of the suspects below.)

Officers responded to a shooting at Chica’s Cabaret, 4009 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., just before 5 a.m., according to a Tampa Police Department news release.

The shooting suspect is a white or Hispanic man who possibly has blonde hair, police said. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie and a Bass Pro hat.

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The driver of the vehicle the suspect left in is a Hispanic man in his twenties, police said. He is 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighs about 175 pounds with a medium build, and has short dark hair and a neck tattoo.

The vehicle they left in is a mid-sized dark SUV of an unknown make and model, TPD said. They drove away north on N. Grady Avenue.

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Anyone who can identify the suspects or who has information about the shooting is asked to call Tampa police at 813-231-6130.

Those who wish to remain anonymous and be eligible for a cash reward can contact Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay.

Watch surveillance video footage of the suspects:

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