Top Stories: Durant Athlete Dies; Kmart Store Closes; Pool Gator

Here are five of the week's top headlines on Tampa Bay Patches:

DURANT ATHLETE DIES: A fight between a Durant High School student and another man at a Brandon gas station turned fatal on Sunday, April 15. Grover Wills, 18, of 706 Rocky Mountain Court, Valrico, a football and basketball player at Durant High School, was killed in a shooting at the gas station. Shooting At Brandon Gas Station Leaves 18-Year-Old Dead

POOL PREDATOR: A lone yellow rubber duckie floating in a swimming pool on Muirfield Drive in the Eagles subdivision was joined by a 9-foot-long gator Thursday, April 19. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office called a trapper who was able to lure the gator out of the pool while the homeowners looked on and their dog barked its approval. WATCH: Yikes! Gator Joins Mr. Duck For A Swim In Odessa Pool

KMART STORE CLOSING: Struggling Sears Holding Corp. has announced that it will close more Sears and Kmart stores including the Brandon Kmart at 1602 W Brandon Blvd, Brandon. The Brandon Kmart is the latest brick-and-mortar casualty for the company. Brandon Kmart Latest Brick-And-Mortar Casualty

SWAMP MAN: You can't fool K9 Knox. That's what a Hernando County man discovered Tuesday, April 17, when he tried to hide from Pasco County Sheriff's deputies by submerging himself in a muddy swamp in Land O' Lakes. WATCH: K9 Knox Finds Wanted Man Submerged In Pasco Swamp

MURAL ARTIST DIES: A well-known Tampa Bay mural artist has died after receiving a critical head wound during a fight outside a South Tampa bar. Well-Known Tampa Bay Mural Artist Dies Following Bar Fight

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