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Argument between postal worker, lawn care professional led to deadly stabbing in FishHawk: HCSO

By and FOX 13 News Staff
Published  October 23, 2024 12:45pm EDT
Hillsborough County
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Postal worker stabs lawn care employee to death

FOX 13's Kylie Jones reports on a postal worker stabbing a lawn care employee to death in the quiet Fish Hawk neighborhood of Tampa

FISHHAWK, Fla. - Deputies say they were called to the 5600 block of Tanagerlake Road in the FishHawk community around 1 p.m. on Tuesday for reports of a stabbing and found 29-year-old Jacob Whitaker dead with upper body trauma.

Investigators say the two men were the only ones involved in the incident.

Hillsborough County detectives are still working to gather any available surveillance footage and talk to neighbors to try to figure out what lead up to the argument.

A spokesperson for the USPS says they are shocked and saddened by this violence, and that it is currently under investigation.

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