Thursday, Oct 01, 2026

Shooter who killed Tampa teen looking for phone won’t be criminally charged

The shooter, a man in his 20s, told police he shot Heitor Amaral, 15, during a struggle on the man’s back patio. Read more.

Subscribe to read

Did someone forward this to you? Get News Alerts in your own inbox next time. It's free to subscribe. Sign up here.

Download the Tampa Bay Times app for access to daily local news.

Terms, conditions, & copyright

Standard of accuracy

To ensure this email is delivered to your inbox, add news@elist.tampabay.com to your address book.

You're receiving this email because you signed up for News Alerts or because it's included in your subscription. To update your preferences, manage your email settings. To stop receiving all emails from us, unsubscribe here.