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Suspect in Sun City Center homicide arrested six month later: Deputies

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Published  May 23, 2025 8:30pm EDT
Hillsborough County
FOX 13 News

The Brief

    • A suspect in a Sun City Center homicide was arrested six months later.
    • Deputies responded to the scene outside a community center, which is where they found an 18-year-old dead from a gunshot wound.
    • The suspect now faces a slew of charges, including first-degree murder while engaged in a robbery.

SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. - More than six months after a Sun City Center homicide, a suspect is behind bars facing several charges. 

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said they arrested Malachi Higgs, 18, in connection with the death of Brandon Clark, 18. 

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Booking photo of Malachi Higgs. Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. 

The backstory:

Deputies said they responded just before 10:45 p.m. on November 10, 2024, to the 7200 block of Camp Island Avenue after receiving reports of gunfire in the area. Once at the scene, deputies said they found Clark dead from a gunshot wound. 

At the time, detectives said they determined an altercation between a group of people led to gunfire outside the community center in that area. 

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that left a man dead in Sun City Center on Sunday night.

Pictured: Crime scene of the Sun City Center shooting that left 18-year-old Brandon Clark dead. 

Dig deeper:

Detectives have since been investigating the case and said Higgs was identified as the suspect responsible for Clark's death.

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He was taken into custody on Friday on a slew of charges, which include first-degree murder while engaged in a robbery, robbery with a firearm or deadly weapon (less than $750), carrying a concealed firearm and minor in possession of a firearm, HCSO said. 

The Source: The information in this story was released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. 

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