One dead in 'shooting incident' at Tallahassee student apartment complex

A man is dead and a homicide investigation is underway after an overnight shooting at a student apartment complex in South Tallahassee.

The Tallahassee Police Department posted an online "incident alert" that stated the "shooting investigation" began just before midnight Friday when officers arrived at the 3000 block of South Adams Street and found the man dead.

Police provided no other details in the alert. But a TPD watch commander clarified that the shooting took place inside a unit at the University Courtyard Apartments at 3025 South Adams Street.

"The public is not in danger and it's an isolated situation," a watch commander told the Tallahassee Democrat, noting it is unclear if there are any suspects as the case is in its early stages and remains "open and active."

The apartment complex has been the site of past shootings. In July 2020, a man was shot and killed during a drug-related robbery. Two men were later arrested.

In January 2018, a person was injured in a shooting at the University Courtyard. And in 2007, the FAMUan school newspaper reported about a shootout at the complex's pool and clubhouse.

Friday's incident is at least the 43rd serious shooting in the capital city and county this year, according to a Tallahassee Democrat analysis of gun violence. At least 33 have been injured and nine people have been killed so far this year.

The shooting is the second this week. Two people were shot in east Tallahassee at the McKenzie Market on Apalachee Parkway Wednesday night. That case also remains under investigation.

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