A Florida man wanted in connection to two Tampa murders drowned in a Missouri river over the weekend, investigators said.
Sherron McCombs Jr., 23, had been swimming in the Current River, about four miles north of Doniphan, Missouri, around 3 p.m. Sunday, according to an incident report from Missouri State Highway Patrol.
At one point, the report said McCombs began to panic, submerged and never resurfaced. Rescue crews pulled him from the river and pronounced him dead at the scene about an hour later, Fox13 reported.
McCombs was wanted for first-degree murder in two separate homicide cases in Tampa, investigators said.
According to Tampa police, McCombs had conspired with an associate, identified as Taymel Jackson, to kill Christopher Watson on Nov. 1, 2021. Watson was found shot to death in the 22nd Street Park. Jackson had been apprehended by US Marshals.
Investigators say McCombs was also a suspect in a second fatal shooting that occurred on Jan. 3, 2022, at the Riviera Apartments. Police said a 20-year-old man was found shot to death next to a silver Nissan Altima riddled with bullet holes.
Xavier Felton, the passenger in the suspect car was apprehended back in March for first-degree murder. Tampa police said McCombs is believed to have been driving the vehicle at the time of the shooting.
