Weekly log of arrests, incidents and fire and EMS calls in Tampa from the Tampa Police Department, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and the fire department's own releases. Public record, updated weekly.

An arrest or charge is an accusation. Every person named here is presumed innocent unless and until convicted in court. Items are taken from the department's own published logs and releases and are worded as the department worded them. We do not publish booking photos, home addresses or the names of juveniles, victims or witnesses. If you were named and the case was dropped, dismissed or ended in acquittal, use the update route and we will amend the item within two working days.

Week of Oct. 4, 2026

Source: Tampa Police Department releases published Oct. 3 to Oct. 10. Each item links to the department’s own page. Items are worded as the department worded them.

Arrests and charges

  • Oct. 3, Nebraska Avenue near McEwen Avenue: the department charged Michael Knobloch, 36, with first-degree premeditated murder with a firearm. The charge is in the Sept. 22 shooting of a man in his early 60s, who died Sept. 26. The department said Knobloch turned himself in at the Orient Road Jail after a resident identified him from flyers detectives handed out Oct. 2. (Police Department release; our story)
  • Oct. 3, Fowler Avenue: the department charged Alan Barber, 74, with murder in the shooting of a woman in her 70s. Police said the two had known each other for more than 20 years and were traveling together in a pickup truck he was driving. The department said an argument that began at a restaurant escalated inside the truck. Officers found the truck stopped in a business parking lot. Police said Barber was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Orient Road Jail. The department did not name the woman. (Police Department release)

Incidents and calls

The city news page carried no other police incident releases this week.

Fire and EMS

The city news page carried no Tampa Fire Rescue incident releases this week.

Traffic and road closures

  • Oct. 7, about 8:30 p.m., North Nebraska Avenue near East Lambright Street: a man in his early 70s using a wheelchair was hit by a northbound car while crossing the road in heavy rain. He died at a hospital. Police said his wheelchair was then struck by a southbound car. Both drivers stopped and cooperated, and police said preliminary findings show neither speed nor impairment was a factor. The department did not release the man’s name. (Police Department release)

Coming up

  • Monday, Oct. 12, 5:30 p.m., Fair Oaks Recreation Center, 3400 E. Louisiana Ave.: the department’s first quarterly public safety workshop, on gun safety, with free gun locks. (Our story)

About this log

The log is compiled once a week from records every resident can request: the department’s daily arrest and incident summaries, its press releases and the county sheriff’s releases. It is a records column, not a crime map, and it does not report court outcomes unless the department or the district attorney has published one.