TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Hillsborough County jury found a Tampa man guilty as charged in the violent death of a 73-year-old man that happened nearly four years ago in 2022, the State Attorney’s Office said.
Taron Criner, 42, faced a first-degree murder charge for the death of the victim, who was only identified by authorities as an “elderly black man.”
In a press release from June 24, 2022, the day the crime occurred, the Tampa Police Department said officers arrived at the 7-Eleven on Busch Boulevard at around 1:20 a.m. regarding some kind of altercation in the parking lot.
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Upon arrival, officers found the victim unconscious in the parking lot with severe injuries to his head and face. First responders were unable to find a pulse, and the man was pronounced dead after being transported to a nearby hospital…