Off-Duty Officer, Suspect Exchange Gunfire at Downtown Tampa Apartment Building

Aug. 18, 2021
An off-duty Tampa police officer and a shooting suspect exchanged gunfire at a downtown apartment complex Monday.

An off-duty Tampa police officer and a shooting suspect exchanged gunfire at a downtown apartment complex Monday. The "brave and heroic" officer was in plain clothes when he encountered a shooting suspect inside the Metro 510 apartment complex, according to Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan. 

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