Victim's death brings murder charge

NEW PORT RICHEY — Bryan Gregory Heater is now officially a murder suspect.

The 27-year-old New Port Richey man had been charged with three counts of attempted murder stemming from a Feb. 24 fight at Diamonds Gentleman’s Club that turned violent. Authorities said Heater fired a gun at three people in the parking lot, injuring two. One of the victims, 27-year-old Kellie Zorka of Holiday, died early Sunday after being removed from a respirator at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg.

Anthony Monti, 32, of New Port Richey, was shot in the left arm and treated at a local hospital. Alexander Wilson, a bouncer at the club, was fired at but not hit.

Heater was charged Monday with first-degree murder. He is being held without bail in the Pasco County jail in Land O’Lakes.

- Molly Moorhead, Times staff writer