USFPD says the discovery was made in Parking Lot 9, and officers recovered the cartridge. ATF also swept the surrounding area, but did not find any additional items of concern, according to police.

USF Police are investigating what led to the first on-campus homicide in nearly two decades after a 61-year-old man was found dead in a university parking lot over the weekend.

TAMPA — A man was found dead in a University of South Florida parking lot Saturday morning, according to campus police. There appeared to be no “active threat” to the university, officials said.

This comes after USF Police found an empty gun case, empty ammunition magazines, and some personal belongings in the Fine Arts Building, also on the Tampa campus, on Saturday. No gun was located.

The discovery prompted USF police to conduct a canvass of the area “out of an abundance of caution,” according to a notification sent out later Tuesday.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Just a week before classes are set to resume, and a day before early move-ins began, police said a man was found dead in parking lot 3C near the Fine Arts Building at the ...

USF Police are investigating what led to the first on-campus homicide in nearly two decades after a 61-year-old man was found dead in a university parking lot over the weekend.