RIVERVIEW, Fla. (WFLA) — Newly released surveillance footage from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office shows the tense moments when a man began shooting in a Riverview hotel parking lot.
According to HCSO, the incident happened outside the Uptown Suites Extended Stay Hotel in.
In the video, 37-year-old Jasheed Scatliffe-Kalunda is seen running toward Cameron Williams’ car and firing shots.
Investigators noted that the man’s gun appeared to jam initially, but after resolving the issue, he managed to fire again before fleeing the location. Court documents indicate he discharged nine rounds at a vehicle.
Court documents indicate a total of ten CBC 9mm Luger spent casings were found along with one live round.
Later, deputies pulled over the suspect at Splash Car Wash and Lube on Bloomingdale Avenue, where he was found sitting in the car with a woman in the passenger seat.
Scatliffe-Kalunda allowed deputies to search his vehicle. He confessed to visiting the hotel that day, stating he drove into the parking lot just before the shooting occurred, but he denied participating in the shooting.
Detectives say they later found a gun at his apartment on the 9000 block of Tranquility Lake Circle and believe it was used during the incident.
Authorities also revealed that Scatliffe-Kalunda and Williams had been arguing throughout the week leading up to the shooting.
Community figures like Freddy Barton, who leads Safe & Sound Hillsborough, stress that incidents like this underscore the potential harm firearms pose to not only those involved but also innocent bystanders.
“When such events take place, often those targeted aren’t the only ones affected. We frequently see unintended casualties because individuals fail to recognize the consequences of using a firearm,” Barton explained. “The first step should be to remain calm and leave the situation. Picking up a gun isn’t necessary, especially over trivial matters.”
Safe & Sound Hillsborough is the violence prevention collaborative for Hillsborough County which Barton said takes a public health approach in reducing and preventing violence.
The non-profit organization partners with neighboring public agencies, court systems, and school districts to find ways to prevent gun violence from continuing, promote youth development and foster neighborhood collaboration.
Just days earlier, Hillsborough County Sheriff deputies responded to a Gibsonton neighborhood where surveillance video captured multiple shots fired outside a home in an alleged dispute involving a 22-year-old suspect.
Barton said both situations reveal one common issue:
“If you don’t have the coping skills, the anger management skills, don’t pick that thing up in response to something that really won’t even matter a year from now,” Barton explained. “Life is not a video game, you don’t respond if you lose your life, and you don’t come back. You don’t get extra lives. You only have one life to live so protect your life as well as protecting others.”
Scatliffe-Kalunda is being held at the Falkenburg Road Jail without bond and faces the following charges: aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm in public or on residential property, shooting at a vehicle, and attempted murder in the first-degree, premeditated firearm discharge.
