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Police arrested a 54-year-old man who called the police Friday after fatally shooting his roommate in Sulphur Springs.
Kennith Phillips, who lived at the 8100 block of N 17th Street, was arrested Saturday and charged with second degree murder. Police said Phillips called dispatch saying his roommate had been shot and complied with officers on-scene.
The name of the man killed was not released.
Phillips was arrested by the Tampa Police Department and taken to Orient Road Jail.
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