HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL – Do you know where Jerome James Knight is? The 19-year-old shot into an occupied vehicle in Riverview on Tuesday, January 19, at approximately 8:00 p.m.
#teamHCSO responded to the Circle K on Balm Riverview Road, where Knight had fired a gun through the window of a pick-up truck with two young children inside.
The victim reported a physical altercation between himself, Knight, and a group of unidentified people, had taken place shortly before in the parking lot. The victim told detectives, at one point,
Knight fired his gun toward the passenger side window of the pick-up truck where the victim’s two young children were sitting in the back seat. No one was injured during the shooting.
“๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ง๐,” said #SheriffChadChronister. “๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ’๐จ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ค๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ก๐ค๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ. ๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ค ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข, ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐. ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐ช๐จ ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ.”
Anyone with information on Jerome Knight is urged to contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at (813) 247-8200.