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Man dies after altercation leads to shooting at Lutz home: HCSO

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Published  August 17, 2025 4:37pm EDT
Hillsborough County
FOX 13 News

The Brief

    • A man is dead after an altercation led to a shooting at a Lutz home, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
    • Deputies responded to a home on Helena Street where the male victim had been shot in the upper body.
    • The suspect is in custody but HCSO has not released the name of the shooter.

LUTZ, Fla. - An investigation is underway after a shooting left one person dead in Lutz on Sunday morning, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies responded to a home on Helena Street where the male victim had been shot in the upper body.

He was taken to the hospital where he later died.

The backstory:

Investigators say that the victim and another man had a verbal altercation before the shooting.

The suspect is in custody but HCSO has not released the name of the shooter.

READ: 'Lucky to be alive' victim survives after being shot at nine times: HCSO

Sheriff Chad Chronister says that this type of violence is not tolerated in Hillsborough County.

What they're saying:

"In the span of moments, a disagreement became deadly," said Sheriff Chad Chronister. "Our role now is to bring clarity and uncover the truth, because Hillsborough County will never be a place where violence goes unanswered."

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The Source: Information for this story was provided by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

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