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Bodycam Shows Tampa Deputies Arrest 20-Year-Old After Foot Chase and Tossed Loaded Gun

Deputies later booked Chauncey Welch on weapons, evidence-tampering, resisting charges.

Overview

  • Hillsborough County deputies moved to take Chauncey Welch into custody on Oct. 14 near North 16th Street and East Osborne Avenue.
  • At the sight of law enforcement, Welch ran and discarded a loaded firearm, according to HCSO.
  • Body-camera video shows deputies with guns drawn as they pursued him through a residential area.
  • Footage captures a deputy saying, "Chauncey, come out here," while Welch pounds on a door and calls for his mother.
  • Welch was booked on counts of felon in possession of a concealed weapon, tampering with physical evidence, and resisting an officer without violence.