Tampa Police continued their search for the shooter who gun downed two of their own early Tuesday morning, following a routine traffic stop.
Police, until late on Tuesday afternoon were still looking for Dontae Rashawn Morris who shot and killed two police officers, after the car in which he traveling was pulled over for not having a visible license place.
Officers Jeffrey Kocab and David Curtis, both 31-years-old, had pulled over Morris near the corner of 50th Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard around 2:00 am, according to wusf.usf. Morris is believed to have shot both officers at close range on the spot. The officers were pronounced dead at the hospital.
Police immediately began searching for a red Toyota Camry, driven by Cortnee Nicole Brantley and in which Morris was a passenger. The car was found at the Bristol Bay City View apartment complex, a few miles from the scene of the shooting.
Brantley, 22 years, was found earlier this afternoon and brought in for questioning.
According to wusf.usf, Morris had previously jailed for two years, having been charged with cocaine possession and sales.
A reward of $75,000 is being offered for the capture of Morris, reports CNN.
