Tampa police: Man shoots girlfriend and co-worker, kills self
TAMPA — Upset about a disagreement with his girlfriend, a Tampa man shot her and a co-worker outside a fast-food restaurant this morning and then killed himself, authorities say.
The shootings stemmed from an altercation Monday night at the the Sonic Drive-In at 4411 W Gandy Blvd., where police say the man argued with a female employee whom he had been dating, identified as Cassandra Gorham, 21, of Seffner.
Shortly before 2 a.m., after the restaurant had closed, the man returned with a handgun and opened fire on several people sitting inside cars in the parking lot, said Andrea Davis, a spokeswoman for the Tampa Police Department. Gorham and another Sonic employee, Michael D. Stephens, 24, of Tampa, received nonlife-threatening injuries, police said.
Two hours later, authorities found the man dead inside a car on the 9300 block of Adamo Drive near Brandon, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police are withholding his name until his family members can be notified.
Gorham and Stephens were transported to Tampa General Hospital, where they were in stable condition, Davis said.
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– Thomas Kaplan and Casey Cora, Times staff writers