Johnny Otis Porter Jr., a 48-year-old Black man, died on May 27, 2026, after an early-morning shooting at a home in the 800 block of Justice Drive in the Carrollwood area of Tampa. Hillsborough County deputies were dispatched after a 5:21 a.m. 911 call; when they arrived they found Porter inside or at the residence with an apparent gunshot wound. The sheriff’s office treated the incident as a fatal shooting investigation but released only limited details about what transpired before the gunfire.

Neighbors described the scene as shocking in a usually quiet neighborhood and expressed surprise that someone had been killed there. Authorities said all individuals involved had been accounted for, but no suspect was publicly named and no arrests or charges had been announced. The investigation remained active; little else about motive or the timeline inside the home has been disclosed.

Did anyone in the Carrollwood area see or hear anything in the early hours of May 27 that could help investigators?