TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A driver who claimed self-defense in the shooting of a well-known local DJ is now facing a charge for second-degree murder, Tampa police said Thursday night.
Joel Moreno Cobo, 31, was arrested Thursday night in connection with the Nov. 14 incident in Ybor City, according to the police department.
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Officers said despite Cobo’s initial claims, they determined that the victim, Dedrick Sykes, 41, was not armed and did not make any threats before he was shot by Cobo.
Police found Sykes, also known as DJ Shy Guy, laying on the ground between two cars at the intersection of East 5th Avenue and North 22nd Street that night. Sykes later died at a nearby hospital…