TAMPA, Fla.–An arrest has been made and changes filed in the murder of a member of Suncoast Credit Union that took place outside one of the CU’s branches.
As CUToday.info reported here, a member of Suncoast Credit Union was fatally shot outside the CU’s branch in the Old Seminole Heights Neighborhood here. The name of the victim has yet to be released by Tampa Police.
According to the Tampa Police Department, they received a report shortly after 6 a.m. that a person had been shot outside the Suncoast branch at 1920 E Hillsborough Ave. Officers arrived and found a person who had a gunshot wound to the upper body. The person was taken to Tampa General Hospital and pronounced dead, police said.
Tampa police have since arrested 20-year-old Jeremiah Harris, Jr. and charged him with robbery with a firearm and first-degree murder in this case. Harris was additionally charged with armed robbery for a separate incident that took place on Feb. 21.
‘I’ll Kill You’
According to police, after the shooting detectives immediately began gathering physical and video evidence from the scene and nearby locations, working to develop leads in the case. Detectives were also actively investigating an armed robbery that had taken place at the same location just 11 days earlier. In that case, The victim, an adult male in his early 20s, was at the ATM when he was approached by Harris, who pointed a gun and said, “If you don't give it to me, I'll kill you,” Tampa police said in a statement.
“Witness statements provided detectives with information that Harris was repeatedly seen wearing clothing and carrying items that matched the suspect in the video surveillance,” stated Tampa police. “Investigative resources also led detectives to an apartment in Meridian Pointe, where Harris was known to associate with the resident. A search warrant was executed at that location. Fingerprint specialists compared the fingerprints lifted from evidence recovered at the crime scene to the fingerprints lifted from Jeremiah Harris after the search warrant. Harris’s prints were a match.”
Confession Made
Police said during an interview with detectives, Harris provided a post-Miranda confession to both offenses.
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