Around 10 a.m., deputies responded to a 911 call from a mother reporting her son had stabbed her. Deputies arrived to find the woman with a cut hand. Deputies found her son, Romello Barnes outside an apartment with an undisclosed weapon. Barnes reportedly ran back into his apartment and deputies followed, including one with a dog. Barnes failed to comply with their commands to drop the weapon, even after the officer sicced the dog on him. Deputies Deputies Matthew Moyer, Miguel Guerra and Jamar Colon shot and killed Barnes.
Victim's Name: Romello Barnes
Agency Responsible: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Race: Black
Date of Death: December 12, 2019
County: Hillsborough
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Official Disposition: Pending investigation/No Known Charges
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: knife
Threat Level: attack
Fleeing: Not fleeing
Body Camera: No
Washington Post Database ID: 5297
Geography: Suburban