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Olympic Qualifier Held In Fatal Hit And Run
Shortly before noon on Sunday, a hit and run driver left a father dead and his son critically injured. The accident took place at New Tampa Blvd., and Wood Sage Drive.
According to the Tampa Police Department, 42- year-old Pedro Aguerre- berry and his two sons, Lucas, 8, and 3-year-old Bennett were riding their bicycles on the sidewalk. The driver of a maroon Dodge Avenger was travel- ing eastbound on new Tampa Blvd. The driver crossed the traffic lane and collided with the family.
Aguerreberry died as a result of his injuries. His son, Bennett, was seri- ously injured, and Lucas received non-life threaten- ing injuries. Both children are expected to recover, po- lice said.
After the crash, the driver of the vehicle fled the scene without stopping. The search for the vehicle con- tinued for several hours.
Several hours later, po- lice located the vehicle near the home of the parents of Mikese Malik Morse.
According to Criminal Report Affidavit, Morse “made a U-turn after he ob- served the victims riding their bikes on the sidewalk area along New Tampa Blvd.
“The defendant (Morse) intentionally drove his 2008 red, 4 door Dodge off the roadway, across the grass easement on to the sidewalk and ac- celerated rapidly. The de- fendant (Morse) intentionally struck the vic- tims with his vehicle and fled the scene.”
The Affidavit further stated that the vehicle had plastic taped to the front
MIKESE MORSE ... Facing first-degree murder charge
windshield to conceal the damaged windshield. There was also a witness to the ac- cident, police said.
Morse, 30, is currently being held at the Hillsbor- ough County Jail without bond. He is charged with first-degree murder, leaving the scene of a crash with death, 2 counts of leaving the scene of a crash with se- rious bodily injuries, and 2 counts of attempted first- degree murder.
Olympic Qualifier
A Tampa native, Morse attended high school in Texas and Ohio, before graduating from Freedom High School. While attend- ing school in different states, Morse played bas- ketball.
He began track during his sophomore year while attending Shaker Heights High School in Ohio.
After moving back to Tampa during his senior year, Morse played football at Freedom High School and helped lead the Patriots to their first winning sea- son.
In 2006, he won the long jump, high jump, and
MIKESE MORSE ... Athlete
became the school’s first in- dividual Big East Confer- ence champ after winning the long jump.
He transferred to the University of Miami and broke records and earned All-American honors for the second time.
Morse is an American track & field athlete who specializes in the long jump. His personal best of 8.12 m (26 feet, 7 3/4 inches), was set in 2016. In 2014, he was third in the Jamaica Inter- national Invitational, and produced the farthest jump to ever not make the final at the 2015 USA Outdoor Track & Field Champi- onships.
He won the 2016 Cay- man Invitational 7.65 m (25 ft. 1-1/4 inches). Morse is a three- time U. S. Olympic Trials qualifier and two- time finalist in 2008 and 2016).
placed second in the triple jump at the regional meet.
After graduating, he con-
tinued his education at the University of South Florida, where he, as a sophomore,
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