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Police identify Town & Country shooting victim
By Times Staff Writer
Published August 1, 2005
TAMPA - The man shot in the parking lot of Reflections Place Apartments in Town & Country on Sunday night was identified Monday as Lincoln G. Orellana, 20.
Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives are still investigating the shooting, which happened a few minutes past 7 p.m. at 5306 Reflections Place Court. Orellana lives at 5302 Reflections Place Court.
The motive remains unclear. But investigators say the suspect drove up in a white SUV with chrome wheels and tinted windows, shot Orellana in the upper torso and fled in the SUV, described as an older vehicle of unknown make and model.
A man who identified himself as Orellana's brother told a reporter Monday that the family does not want to comment.
FDLE records show Orellana has a string of misdemeanor and felony arrests dating back to July 2001, when he was 17.
In May of last year, Hillsborough sheriff's deputies arrested him on charges of carrying a concealed weapon, driving with a suspended license and operating an unregistered vehicle.
He was only convicted of driving with a suspended license, in a case last year in which he was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine and court costs.
Then last month, Tampa Police charged Orellana once again with driving with a suspended license, this time as a habitual offender.
Court records show he was to appear before Hillsborough Circuit Judge Ronald Ficarotta Aug. 9 on the third-degree felony charge.
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