Suspect on the run after woman, teen stabbed to death in Tampa apartment, police say
TAMPA, Fla. - Police in Tampa are investigating a deadly double stabbing that claimed the lives of a teenage girl and a woman in her 30s.
According to the Tampa Police Department, officers were called to the 14000 block of Riveredge Drive shortly before 9 a.m. on Sunday for a report of a teen girl who had been stabbed multiple times.
Police say when they arrived they found a woman in her 30s as well as a teenager suffering from stab wounds.
The woman died at the scene and the teen was pronounced dead at an area hospital.
Crime scene tape outside apartment where a woman and a teen were stabbed to death.
According to detectives, the victims are related to each other and are known to the suspect, but nobody has been arrested.
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Neighbors like Noah Berkman were on edge Sunday.
"Doors are locked," he explained. "I guess you really don't know everyone around here as much as you think you do."
Forensic van at double homicide scene.
Berkman added that he was refereeing ice hockey games in Clearwater before he came home to the scene around noon.
"Saw like seven police cars and was on the phone with my parents and was like, 'I got to go. This is kind of strange,’" he said.
Zana Evans' roommate saw the MedFlight chopper land nearby.
"This is supposed to be a safe place so praying for their family...praying for peace," she said.
Crime scene tape at Lodge Apartments where a teen and a woman were stabbed to death.
Both neighbors say they're going to keep their heads on a swivel moving forward.
"Justice needs to be served," Berkman stated.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Tampa Police Department at 813-231-6130 or submit an anonymous tip by contacting Crime Stoppers at 800-873-TIPS (8477) or via TIP411.