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Funerals
WILSON
SISTER CHARLOTTE ANN GULLEY FULLER
A Celebration of Life Serv- ice for Sister Charlotte Ann Gulley Fuller was held Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. at Center For Manifestation, Dr. Mark T. Jones, Sr., Pastor with Dr. Bartholomew Banks, Sr., of St. John Progressive Missionary Baptist Church, Officiating.
Sister Charlotte Ann Gul- ley Fuller was born April 25, 1946, in Spearsville, Louisiana to the late Irvin Gulley, Sr., and the late Eunice Gafford Gulley.
She moved to Florida with her parents at an early age and attended schools within the Pinellas County School System. She graduated from the Hills- borough County School Sys- tem.
Charlotte united with Wal- ter Mitchell Fuller and was married for many years and resided in Tampa, Florida. Throughout her employment career, Charlotte worked with Honeywell, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, J. C. Penney’s, Saks Fifth Avenue and she later retired from Gen- eral Telephone Company. But her most enjoyable employ- ments were as a Salesperson for home interior decorations,
Avon and Mary K. In her earlier years, she had her own seam- stress shop. Charlotte had an eye for decorating and fashion. Not only that, her children said she was the “Best Cook in the World.”
Charlotte gave her life to Christ at an earlier age and was a member of St. John Progres- sive Missionary Baptist Church, where she served as a Deaconess and a member of the choir.
Charlotte departed this life on September 21, 2021. Her sense of humor and beautiful smile will truly be missed.
She was preceded in death by: a son, Hershel Nathanial Williams; sisters, Jewel Atkins and Eunicetine Gulley- Jenkins and brother, Horace Gulley.
She leaves to cherish her lov- ing memories with: a loving and devoted husband, Walter Fuller; two daughters, Vicki Lynn Stephney and Valerie Williams, both of Tampa, FL; one son, Reginald Williams, of Tampa, FL; six grandchildren, Jamil Williams (Tawhaucia), Vincent Williams, David Wright, Jr., (Natoya), Tony Williams, Can- daice Abrams and Kimberly Stone; twelve great grandchil- dren, Cambre Williams, Jamil J. Williams, Jr., Talaya Davis, Anissa Williams, David M. Wright, Daniel Wright, Solomen Wright, Jhameishia Stephens, I’Ryana Blake, Da’Jiyah Row- ells, Nyomi Scott and Saint Onyx Abrams; four great, great grand- children, Summer Perry, Di’Jon Crews, Damon Wright and Kaiden Stephens; five brothers, Tobie Gulley (Patricia), Irvin Gulley, Jr., Donald Gulley, Sr., (Isay), Loyace Gulley (Gail) and Marvin Gulley; two sisters, Linda Magee (Guy), and Debo- rah Waters (Zonald); one aunt, Gertrude Gulley Johnson and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
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Crime
State Attorney Clears Officers In Separate Shootings
The Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office has re- leased their findings on three sep- arate use of deadly force cases under investigation. All three cases involved law enforcement officers.
Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren released the following information.
The first case involved John Reuben Turbe, Jr. The shooting took place on July 4th.
Attorney Warren has ruled that a Tampa Police officer was justified in his use of deadly force against 40-year-old Turbe.
“Our review determined that when the officer made contact with Turbe, Turbe turned to- ward the officer and pulled a firearm from his waist area. The officer shouted several commands to put the gun down. After a short foot pursuit, Turbe turned toward the officer and took several steps toward him. Turbe then raised his arm and pointed his gun at the officer. The officer fired his weapon four times, striking
SAMARIO LEE AUSTIN
Turbe, who died as a result of the gunshot wounds.”
The shooting took place about 10 p.m. after an employee at the Texaco station in the 3700 block of N 50th St. reported a man with a gun had entered the store.
Turbe reportedly exited the store and walked northwest to- ward three people. Turbe fired one round from the pistol, walked back toward store, and fired two additional shots into the air. The
store employee called 9-1-1.
The shooting was captured on
the officer’s body worn camera.
In the second case, the defen- dant, identified as Samario Lee
Austin was not injured. Attorney Warren said the
Tampa Police Department was justified when he employed deadly force against 22-year-old Austin on August 16, 2021. The officer was responding to an active shooter in a downtown Tampa apartment complex and located Austin, who was armed with both a handgun and AR-style rifle. Austin had fired several shots when the officer arrived.
The officer fired seven shots at Austin with his handgun, but Austin was not hit.
A Tampa Police officer, who was off duty and nearby at the time, heard what he initially be- lieved may have been fireworks. The officer soon identified the noises as gunfire. The officer ob- served Austin in black shorts with no shirt holding both a rifle and a handgun. Austin was walking backwards along a fifth-floor walk- way.
A portion of the incident was captured via cell phone video from a civilian in a nearby building.
Austin has been charged with two counts of shooting at, within, or into a building one count of ag- gravated assault, and one count of culpable negligence. The shooting was ruled justifiable.
In the third case, Attorney Warren said, “Following an ex- tensive review, our office has con- cluded that an officer from the Tampa Police Department was justified when he employed deadly force against a 17-year-old male ju- venile on August 19, 2021, near the intersection of N. Nebraska Av- enue and E. Linebaugh.
“Our review determined that the officer was operating in plain clothes and conducting surveil- lance on a juvenile who matched the description of a wanted sus- pect. After circling the juvenile several times, the officer saw the juvenile watching him and holding a handgun.
“As other police units moved in to make contact with the juve- nile, the officer drove toward the juvenile. As he did, the juvenile again pulled out a gun, this time raising it in the officer’s direction. The officer fired his service weapon rapidly eight times through his front windshield.”
The juvenile was not hit and rode away on a bicycle. He was lo- cated by other officers in the area who took him into custody.
The teenager was charged as a juvenile with carrying a concealed firearm and minor in possession of a firearm.
The State Attorney’s Office withheld the names of the law en- forcement officers involved in the shootings due to Marsy’s Law.
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