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Family Ask For Help To Solve Murder Of Teenager
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
Detectives and members of the family of a young woman killed last weekend are asking for help to solve the crime. Ms. Takiya Fullwood died Sunday morning after being shot while at a house party.
According to the Tampa Police Department, a large crowd was gathered at the house party in the 3200 block of N. 15th Street. At some point, a dispute erupted and shots were fired.
Ms. Fullwood was struck by the gunfire and someone at the party transported her to a local hospital.
Her father, Timothy Fullwood stated, “We are asking anyone with any infor-
TAKIYA FULLWOOD 5/17/2000 --- 2/17/2019
mation about this to come for- ward.”
Ms. Fullwood was an 18- year-old student attending Florida Atlantic University. She was the 5th of 6 children
born to Mr. and Mrs. Timo- thy (Takeela) Fullwood.
She attended Tampa Bay Technical High School for two years, but graduated from East Bay High School.
She was an honor student who completed college credits while enrolled in high school. She was slated to graduate with an A. A. Degree from Florida Atlantic University, at the end of the semester. The young lady was a Biology major who planned to become a dentist, her father said.
Ms. Fullwood was a member of The Pentecostal Church of God. Gudes Funeral Home is in charge of handling arrangements.
Police Seek Help
A spokesman for the Tampa Police Department said they are seeking help in solving the case. “It was a large house party. We are asking anyone with information or videos taken at the party to contact us.”
The videos don’t have to be about the shooting, we would
like to see who was attending the party. The videos would be especially helpful, he said.
Anyone with information can contact the Tampa Police Department at (813) 231-6130. Information can also be pro- vided to Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873-TIPS or www.crimestopperstb.com.
Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $3,000 for information leading to the identity and arrest of the per- son responsible for the mur- der.
Police Seeking Help To Solve Double Murder
The Tampa Police Depart- ment is asking members of the community to come forward with information about a dou- ble murder. The murder took place in January in the 8700 block of N. Tangerine Place.
According to Tampa Police, two people were fatally wounded during the shooting. A family member identified one of the victims as Ms. Jim- miel “Nina Ross Da Boss” Spillman Engram. Ms. En- gram was the mother of 6 chil- dren between the ages of 2 months and 11-years of age.
A spokesperson for the Tampa Police Department said no arrests have been made in the double murder and detec- tives as still in need of informa- tion from the community to solve the crime.
According to social media, the man who died in the shoot- ing was known throughout the community as “Arab.” No ad- ditional information on the vic- tims was released by police.
MS. JIMMIEL SPILLMAN ENGRAM
Tampa Police are still ask- ing members of the community who may have information in the double murder to come for- ward.
Crime Stoppers is also of- fering a reward of up to $3,000 for information pertaining to the double murder.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873-TIPS or www.crimestopperstb.com.
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