Crime & Safety

Update: Police Name Second Tampa Heights Shooting Suspect

An arrest warrant has been issued for Darnell Kenyon Ammons.

Updated 11:51 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5:

Tampa Police Department announced Monday morning that an arrest warrant has been issued for Darnell Kenyon Ammons, a suspect in a Thursday shooting in Tampa Heights that left Dontavious Clark in critical condition. Ammons, 21, is charged with attempted first degree murder and use of a firearm during a felony. Officials say he is armed with a black firearm.

Also charged in the shooting and arrested Thursday is 22-year-old Shamiria Hardrick, of 215 E Moore Ave. She was walking with Ammons, police said, and pushing her two children in a stroller when she handed Ammons the gun he used to shoot Clark. Ammons and Clark, 20, had gotten into an argument, police said.

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Hardrick was charged with child neglect and illegally carrying a concealed firearm. Clark, of 1803 French Creek Rd., remains in critical conditional, according to police.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Tampa Police Department at 813-231-6130 or Crime Stoppers for a $1,000 reward.

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Updated Thursday, 6:05 p.m.:

Investigators are still searching for the suspect in a Tampa Heights shooting after an apartment search turned up empty.

The suspect was not in an apartment at 215 Moore Ave. E. after the Tampa Police Department's tactical response team and hostage negotiators arrived at the scene. The home has been cleared, and detectives are writing a warrant to search the residence for any evidence, officials said in a news release.

Officials have also identified the victim in the shooting as Dontavious Clark, 22, of Tampa.

Updated Thursday, 5:42 p.m.:

Tampa Police detectives are searching for a suspect who they say shot a 20-year-old man Thursday in Tampa Heights.

The tactical response team and hostage negotiators are on the scene, where investigators said they believe the suspect may be in an apartment on Moore Avenue East.

The victim and suspect were involved in a verbal altercation on Selma Avenue, officials said, where the suspect pulled out a gun and shot the victim multiple times in the upper body. The suspect ran toward , while the victim ran to 402 Selma Ave. The victim was later transported to a local hospital, where is in surgery, the release stated.

More information, including the names of the victim and suspect, will be released when they become available, officials said. Stay with Patch for updates to this story.


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