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Man shot, killed near car in Tampa

By Times staff writer

© St. Petersburg Times, published December 25, 2000


TAMPA -- A 31-year-old man died of a gunshot wound to the chest Saturday morning at N Avon Avenue and E Stratford Avenue in central Tampa.

Joseph Leon Wallace of 712 E Floribraska Ave. died at about 11 a.m., Tampa police said. He had parked his car at that intersection and got out to talk to someone.

The suspect pulled a gun and shot Wallace at least once, police said. Wallace died at the scene.

Police have not released a description of the suspect.

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