TAMPA BAY – A 25-year-old Tampa Bay man is dead after police say he met someone on a popular dating app.
Dontae Lampkins vanished while using the dating app Plenty of Fish.
His body was discovered in an alley, riddled with bullets.
Police believe Lampkins was murdered by someone he met on the dating app.
His family believes he was targeted because he was gay.
Plenty of Fish is a Canadian-based dating app company owned by Match. It has an estimated 3.5 million (2015) active users per day.
The app says it creates 1 million new relationships every year.