By many accounts, last Thursday’s District 5 Tampa City Council forum was one the best of the campaign so far. But it’s what happened afterwards that ended up in headlines over the weekend.
A rep for Tampa Police Department told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that just before 8 p.m. on Oct. 9, officers responded to the Tampa Heights Junior Civic Association after a reported altercation where one subject was armed with a gun. “Officers quickly arrived and detained the armed male subject as they began their investigation. The subject was later released. There were no injuries,” the TPD spokesperson said, adding that the investigation remains open and active.
Elvis Piggott told CL that the man holding a gun was him. “I am always with a concealed firearm,” he added…