Crime & Safety

Plant City Police Investigate Fatal Shooting

Plant City Police are investigating a shooting that left a 24-year-old Lakeland man dead.

Plant City Police are investigating a shooting that left a 24-year-old Lakeland man dead.
Plant City Police are investigating a shooting that left a 24-year-old Lakeland man dead. (Plant City Police)

PLANT CITY, FL — Plant City Police are investigating a shooting that left a 24-year-old Lakeland man dead.

The shooting took place Wednesday at 9:25 p.m. at 1009 W. Washington St. When police arrived, they found Michael James Hector in the road with a gunshot wound in the chest. He died at the scene.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Mark Dunnam at 813-757-9200.

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