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Two people killed in Friday’s shooting near a convenience store on Nebraska Avenue in Tampa have been identified. According to an arrest affidavit for Whitney Rashad Newsome made public on Monday, Newsome shot Fredrick J. Russell, 41, and Breanna L. Jones, 23, during an argument. Officers responded about 10:30 a.m. to the 900 block of East 26th Avenue, just east of Nebraska Avenue in Ybor . ....
Meth w/The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir Meth, a heavy and experimental band from Chicago, brings a new album, Shame, released this month, to the Ybor Heights brewery where the walls might melt an account of the guttural, sometimes droning assault and pain pouring out of vocalist Seb Alvarez who grapples with his then-undiagnosed bi-polar and unchecked addiction issues across 42 intense minutes. ....
Academy Order w/Antacid Trip/Drawn Out While there are most likely going to be more dates added throughout the year, this Ybor Heights gig is currently the finale to a beginning-of-year run of a quick southeast tour for Academy Order that also rolls through North Carolina and Tennessee. ....