On July 13, 2024, at approximately 2:59 p.m., Tampa Police responded to the 8700 block of N Packwood Ave in reference to an aggravated battery.
Upon their arrival, officers located the victim, an adult male, with upper body trauma. The victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.
During the investigation, Tampa Police detectives were made aware that the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office was working a separate homicide that occurred before the Packwood incident and was related. In HCSO’s investigation, the descendant was a female victim.
The suspect, 35-year-old Silvio Franco Peralta (W/M, 01/11/1989), told Tampa Police detectives that he went to the residence on N Packwood Ave and confessed to the male victim what happened to the female victim and was seeking assistance from him to get rid of the weapon used, as well as other property.
During the male victim’s attempt to return inside the residence, Peralta stabbed the victim.
Peralta claimed the male victim pulled out a firearm, but on-scene evidence was not consistent with his claim.
After the incident on N Packwood Ave, Peralta fled the scene on foot and was later arrested by Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies.
Peralta was transported to Orient Road Jail and charged with One Felony Count of Murder in the First Degree with a Weapon, One Felony Count of Tampering with Physical Evidence Relating to a Capital Felony, One Felony Count of Armed Burglary of a Dwelling, and One Felony Count of Armed Burglary of a Structure.
For additional information on the prior incident please contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.