The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports that a suspect has been arrested in a shooting in Riverview that left one man dead.

At 11:45 p.m. Saturday, deputies said Richard Russell, 19, was a passenger in a vehicle when it pulled up to the Southpoint Park at 10510 Southern Point Boulevard where a deputy was working off duty. The driver told the deputy his friend, Russell, had been shot. The deputy called for an ambulance, and performed CPR on Russell until the ambulance arrived. Russell was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Detectives learned that Russell was supposed to meet someone in the area to conduct a drug transaction. Once Russell arrived at the location, before he could get out of the passenger side of the vehicle, two suspects jumped out of the bushes and shot him. The driver took off, and found a deputy.

At 8 a. m. Sunday after being questioned by detectives, Garrett Jay Boone, 18, was charged with first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery.

Detectives said Boone was identified as one of the two suspects who jumped out of the bushes and opened fire on Russell.

The person driving the car Russell was a passenger in hasn’t been identified, because he is a witness to the incident, and the second suspect has only been described as a Black male.

Russell is a former football player from East Bay High School.

The investigation into the shooting is continuing.