Hillsborough Shooting Leaves One Dead and Bicyclist Injured, Suspect Sought by Authorities

The Hillsborough County community grapples with a tragic sequence of events that left one man dead and a bicyclist injured following a shooting incident yesterday afternoon. A spokesperson for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) disclosed that the events unfolded near Progress Boulevard and South 82nd Street, as reported by FOX 13. Officials state that a female driver, a male passenger, and a child in the back seat came to a stop to engage with an acquainted male suspect, who began to open fire shortly after.

The male passenger was subsequently shot and, in a desperate bid to escape the attack, the driver accelerated away from the scene, inadvertently striking a motorized bicyclist. According to information provided by the authorities, the passenger suffered from upper body gunshot wounds and was promptly taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead just over an hour later, as highlighted by WFLA…

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