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Police swarm Seminole Heights after nearby drive-by shooting

Posted at 11:45 PM, Nov 17, 2017
and last updated 2017-11-18 07:15:30-05

SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, Fla. -- Tampa Police swarmed the Seminole Heights neighborhood in response to a drive-by shooting on Friday night.

According to Tampa Police, the shooting happened in the area of 23rd and Lake in the 10 o'clock hour.

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Shortly after the shooting, police chased the driver of a car to the 800 block of Conover, near Nebraska, where the drive crashed and ran.

Police searched by ground and air for the suspect.

The suspect was caught a short time later.

Investigators tell ABC Action News the shooting is not related to the past four murders in the Seminole Heights area.