Florida woman, 71, shot roommate dead because he 'did not clean up after himself': Police

An elderly Tampa woman allegedly shot her roommate dead because he "did not clean up after himself," police said. 

Patricia Whitehead, 71, faces one count of first-degree premeditated felony murder, according to Hillsborough County Court records. 

Police responded to a reported shooting at a home on E. 26th Avenue around 9:28 a.m. on Thursday, the Tampa Police Department wrote in a press release. There, they found a man with a gunshot wound to his upper torso who later died of his injuries at an area hospital.