Shortly before 3:00 a.m. on May 12, 2024, a shooting in the 500 block of S. Howard Avenue in Tampa, in front of a Jimmy John’s, left two men dead and a third injured. Kenneth Washington, a 28-year-old Black male born January 15, 1996, was among the three adult males shot and later died at the hospital. Kevon Christmas was the other fatality; a third victim was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators say the shooting grew out of a dispute between known parties, an ongoing altercation between two rival neighborhood groups. Tampa Police detectives have been collecting evidence and seeking community help, including any witness video, as they work to identify suspects.

If anyone saw activity near S. Howard Avenue around 3:00 a.m. on May 12 or has footage from that area, please share it with Tampa Police.