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A man accused of gunning down a Tampa nursing student while she sat in a car with her sister in December 2021 took the stand in his own defense on Thursday afternoon.
Vakarvery Scott is charged with murder in the 2021 killing of Savannah Mathis, 21. If convicted, he faces life in prison.
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One night in 2021, a Tampa nursing student and her younger sister were leaving their family’s restaurant, BJ’s Alabama BBQ on South Dale Mabry Highway. About an hour after the sisters hugged their aunt goodbye, police found their bullet-ridden Nissan Altima in Tampa’s West Riverfront neighborhood. Savannah Mathis, 21, had been shot in the head as she drove down the street. Now, two years ...
A vote to impose a curfew on most youth under 16 years old citywide in Tampa is now postponed.