2 dead, 19 injured after shooting in Ybor City shooting

Two people died and 18 others were hospitalized after a fight ended with gunshots during Halloween festivities in Ybor City early Sunday morning. Officers responded to the shooting in Tampa just before 3 a.m. on the 1600 block of East 7th Avenue in the Ybor City area, Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw said during a press conference at the scene. The fight occurred in an area with several bars and clubs, and there were large numbers of late-night partiers in the area at the time, Bercaw said. Police were not immediately sure if the people involved in the fight were inside any of the bars before the shooting.