Tampa Principal And Teacher Arrested For Allegedly Putting Student In Chokehold

When you send your child to school you expect them to remain safe but the opposite happened at this Tampa school. A middle school teacher and assistant principal in Hillsborough County were arrested after the teacher put a student in a chokehold and it was all caught on video. The assistant principal and teacher were arrested in connection to a child abuse investigation after a video showed the teacher put a child in a chokehold. They both thought the video was deleted but cops were able to recover it.

The altercation initially took place on Jan. 18, when 39-year-old Bennie Leverett who was a teacher at Progress Village Middle School, put a student in a chokehold. It was so rough that he was restricting the student’s ability to breathe. Assistant Principal Tashiska Fabian, 41, was made aware of the incident but never reported it to the Child Abuse Hotline or Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. After Fabian learned that someone recorded the incident but was told that the student to delete the video. That's when police were able to recover the deleted video.

Police then went to the middle school along with the Department of Children and Families on Feb. 16 and Leverett was later arrested on March 14 following their investigation. Wednesday, Fabian was arrested on a warrant because she failed to report the incident. According to WFLA, "Hillsborough County Public Schools stated: Immediately upon finding out about the allegation in February, the teacher was pulled from duty. The teacher was then arrested in March, and the school notified all families about the arrest. The teacher never returned to school, and he resigned from the district in March."

Fabian is not a current employee and was never allowed to return to the school for failing to report the incident to police. She was officially let go from her position. This is still an ongoing situation.

According to the Federal Bureau Of Investigation, the definition of a mass shooting is an event in which one or more individuals are actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area. I live in St. Petersburg and there was 1 mass shooting that happened on March 31st.Thankfully nobody died but there were 4 people injured. With that being said, St. Pete is not one of the Florida cities that have the most mass shootings this year. You will find the cities below.

We are only in August and I was was shocked that there has already been 261 mass shootings in the United States. According to CBS news, 72 of those mass shootings happened in the month of June. Over the span of three days in June there were 14 mass shootings. Several incidents occurred including the one in Michigan where a man pulled up to a splash pad and opened fire. Thankfully nobody died but 9 were injured. There was also a drive by shooting in fort Lauderdale that left one person dead and four injured. I really wish we could solve this gun violence problem in America, but I don't think it will ever happen.

When I first researched this information, I was shocked at some of the cities that made the list. Before looking below, what cities would you guess had the most mass shootings? Each of the cities below has had 2 mass shootings so far in 2024. There were not casualties in some of these incidents. There were however people injured in all of them. Please stay safe and always be aware of your surroundings. Below you will find the 5 Florida cities with the most mass shootings in 2024.

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Palm Bay is one of the Florida cities with the most mass shootings in 2024. The first mass shooting incident happened January 20, 2024. 3 victims were killed and two of them were injured. The second mass shooting incident happened on January 28, 2024. 3 victims were killed and two were injured. The suspect in this situation was also killed.

I love Orlando but they are also a Florida city with the most mass shootings in 2024. The first incident happened on  February 28, 2024. 1 person was killed and 6 were injured. On April 11th, 2024, the second mass shooting in Orlando took place. 1 person was killed and 3 were injured.

The first mass shooting of 2024 happened in Pensacola on June 2nd. Nobody was killed but 4 people were inured. The second mass shooting happened on July 28th. 2 people were killed and 5 victims were injured.

The first mass shooting of this year that happened in Fort Lauderdale was on June 14th. 1 person was killed and 4 victims were injured. The second mass shooting happened July 8th were 2 people were killed and 3 were injured.

Tampa has also had two shootings so far in 2024. The first shooting happened on June 23rd where 1 was killed and 3 people were injured. The second one happened on July 5th were 5 people were injured.