TAMPA, Fla. — Sheriff's office deputies and a SWAT team spent hours at a home Tuesday in northeast Hillsborough County in search of a man wanted in connection to a deadly shooting, but they didn't find their suspect.
Oscar Molina, 44, is accused of getting into a fight on April 13 inside the Twilight Zone Lounge on East State Road 60 in Plant City. As it escalated, Molina allegedly shot a man in a field behind the lounge.
The man, who has not been identified, died at the hospital. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies have continued their search for Molina ever since.
On Tuesday, the agency said it was believed Molina was seen inside a home on Still Wind Drive — located in the neighborhood off Morris Bridge Road. Law enforcement responded just after 9 a.m. and evacuated nearby homes as a precaution.
A robot went inside the home to search for Molina, but he was not there.
"Due to the nature of his crimes, this was intel that we had to act on immediately in order to try to locate this violent, dangerous individual. We will continue our pursuit of this homicide suspect until he is arrested," Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a statement. "If anyone knows his whereabouts, we are urging you to please call us before he is able to hurt someone else."
Anyone with information about Molina's whereabouts is asked to call the sheriff's office at 813-247-8200. The sheriff's office previously said he could be traveling in a 2016 black Dodge Charge with Florida tag No. JLRN07.