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Man accused of murdering dealer during drug deal

Deputies say Paul McCourt shot the man he was buying pot from and left him inside a minivan.
Credit: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Paul Dean McCourt

TAMPA, Fla. — A 21-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a man found fatally wounded in the driver's seat of a minivan Monday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.

Paul Dean McCourt of Seffner was arrested Wednesday.

Monday night, a deputy found a minivan stopped in the eastbound lanes of Woodberry Road just east of Essex Road in Tampa. The engine was running and the vehicle was in park.

Inside, they found an unresponsive man who had been shot. The deputy tried CPR, and the victim was taken to a hospital but died there.

The victim's name has not been released.

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Interviews with friends of the victim revealed he was making a drug deal at the time, according to investigators. Deputies said McCourt was buying marijuana from the victim and shot him.

McCourt was charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery. He is being held without bail.

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