A North Carolina man has been charged with murder and several other felonies after crashing a large tractor-trailer into a gentlemen’s club in Tampa, Florida, Tuesday morning, killing one person and injuring two others, police said.
Tampa police said 25-year-old Dylan Fogle of Thomasville, North Carolina, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, one count of homicide by vehicle, two counts of DUI causing serious injury and one count of negligent homicide by DUI.
Officers were called to the scene around 4:20 a.m. Tuesday after receiving a report of a pedestrian being hit by a truck in the parking lot of Emperor’s Gentlemen’s Club on Adamo Drive.
When officers arrived on scene, they found a truck had crashed into the front of the building leading to the entrance to the adult entertainment venue.
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Tampa police have arrested Dylan Fogle and charged him with murder and other felonies after he allegedly crashed a tractor-trailer into a gentlemen’s club on Tuesday, killing one man and injuring two others. (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)
Witnesses told police that Fogle was chased out of the club and then drove a large tractor-trailer into a group of people standing at the entrance.
A preliminary investigation revealed that Fogle had been removed from the facility for inappropriate conduct.
Police said six people, including the three victims, were standing at the entrance.
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One person was killed and two others were injured when the cab of a large tractor-trailer crashed into the entrance of Emperor’s Gentlemen’s Club in Tampa. (WTVT)
One of the victims, Giovanni Soto, died at the scene.
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A fatal crash that was intentionally caused occurred early Tuesday morning at Emperor’s Gentlemen’s Club in Tampa, police said. (WTVT)
The other two adult males sustained serious injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital. Both victims have since been released.
Fogle was also taken to the hospital, where police said his blood alcohol content was above the legal limit of 0.08 percent.
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He was booked into Orient Road Prison and held without bail.
Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baer contributed to this report.
