Security officers engage in shooting at Green Gators Bar & Grill
Tampa FL July 5 2018 A pre-July 4th celebration at a Tampa bar turned into a crime scene has left two people were shot, according to the Hillsborough Sheriff’s Department.
Authorities said that a man was having a “foam” party at the Green Gator Bar and Grill, located near Anderson Road and Waters Avenue, with about 300 people in attendance,
Around 1:10 a.m., two men were arguing in the parking lot when it escalated into a shooting between each other, deputies said. Both were injured.
Security officers responded and became “engaged” in gunfire with the two men but it’s unclear if the two men who were injured shot each other, or if they were shot by security.
No charges have been filed, but deputies said there is still an ongoing investigation.
On the Green Gators Bar and Grill’s Facebook page, videos of the foam party — showing people dancing inside the bar — were posted just hours before the shooting occurred.
The bar used to be a Green Iguana location before the owners sold it in 2014.
