Tampa tattoo shop robbed after heated argument

TAMPA — Six young men were charged with armed robbery Wednesday after shots were fired inside a tattoo shop on W Columbus Drive.

Tampa police were called to 3115 W Columbus Drive at 1:55 p.m. for reports that a group of armed men came in and argued with people in the shop.

The argument escalated and shots were fired but no one was injured, police said. Officers searched for two vehicles and found cars matching the witnesses' description a short time later on Himes Avenue at Hillsborough Avenue.

Arrested were Dillon Trujillo, 18, Pablo Serrano, 18, Corado Diaz Jr., 18, Jorge Colon, 19, Rafael A. Martin, 19 and Richard Barreiro, 20, police said. Two books of tattoo artwork were taken, police said.