TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa police officers said they are investigating after a 19-year-old was shot and later died.
The shooting happened just before 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in the area of 37th Street and Wilder Avenue in the Jackson Heights neighborhood in East Tampa, police said in a news release.
When officers arrived, they found the teen with apparent gunshot wounds to his upper body, the release stated. He was rushed to Tampa General Hospital where he later died from his injuries.
Police said they are now investigating the shooting as a homicide. Few other details have been released at this time.
There is no word yet if police are actively searching for the suspected shooter or if there were other people involved in the shooting.
This is the second deadly shooting this week in Tampa involving a teen. Last week, a teenage girl was shot in Tampa during an argument; she survived.