{"id":13883,"date":"2012-04-09T16:16:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T20:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=13883"},"modified":"2012-04-09T16:16:21","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T20:16:21","slug":"known-suspect-sought-in-progress-village-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=13883","title":{"rendered":"Known Suspect Sought In Progress Village Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s deputies received a call of a shooting at 11:24 p. m., and reported finding the body of<strong> Michael Gilbert<\/strong>, 32, in the front yard of a residence in the 7900 block of Flower Avenue in Progress Village.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives said<strong> Gilbert<\/strong> and a friend were visiting the man who owned the home on Flower Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives said at 11:20 p.m., <strong>Fabian Williams<\/strong>, 27, approached <strong>Gilbert<\/strong> and the homeowner and demanded money at gunpoint. <strong>Williams<\/strong> reportedly got $150.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives said during that time, a second man, described as Black or Hispanic and also armed with a handgun, approached <strong>Gilbert<\/strong> while <strong>Williams<\/strong> forced the homeowner into his residence.<\/p>\n<p>As they entered the house, <strong>Williams<\/strong> reportedly confronted <strong>Gilbert\u2019s<\/strong> friend as he was leaving. The friend engaged in a physical altercation with <strong>Williams<\/strong> that continued outside the residence.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives said the homeowner and friend fled, following the confrontation, leaving <strong>Gilbert<\/strong> facedown at gunpoint. Several gunshots wee fired, including two fired at them as they fled.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives said <strong>Gilbert<\/strong> died at the scene, and <strong>Williams<\/strong> is known to both the homeowner and friend.<\/p>\n<p>A warrant has been issued for <strong>Williams<\/strong> on a charge of first-degree murder and armed robbery with a firearm. The second suspect has not been identified, and detectives said they believe the incident is drug related.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with any information on <strong>Williams<\/strong>, or the identity of the second suspect, is asked to call (813) 247-8200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s deputies received a call of a shooting at 11:24 p. m., and reported finding the body of Michael Gilbert, 32, in the front yard of a residence in the 7900 block of Flower Avenue in Progress Village. Detectives said Gilbert and a friend were visiting the man who owned the home on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}