RUSKIN, Fla. — An investigation is underway after deputies say one man was fatally shot in the back Tuesday evening at a neighborhood basketball court in Ruskin.
On Wednesday, Hillsborough County authorities said during a news conference that dispatchers received calls around 4:35 p.m. about shots being fired on Auburn Woods Lane in the Cypress Creek subdivision near Sun City Center.
According to a sheriff's office spokesperson, the victim was 23 years old and was shot in the back. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died.
The sheriff's office says detectives have strong leads for this case, but as of Tuesday night, no one was in custody.
Detectives believe this was an isolated incident and that the shooter and victim knew each other in some capacity, the spokesperson said.
"This was all happening on a basketball court in the middle of a neighborhood — this is a nice neighborhood — families all around. And so, to hear that something like this happened, it's very very violent, very not like what you would see in this type of neighborhood," the spokesperson said.