DAVENPORT, Fla. (WFLA) — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office released video showing men carrying the body of a St. Petersburg man after he was killed in Davenport.
Deputies said that Xavier Antonio Johnson, 29, of St. Petersburg was shot dead during a drug deal at the house he was renting through Air BNB on Acorn Court.
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“According to the investigation so far, Johnson and his associates had been selling marijuana from the house since April 8, 2022, when they took occupancy,” the sheriff’s office said in a release.
Deputies said unknown people entered the home and shot Johnson.
Surveillance video taken from the house showed three unknown men carry Johnson’s body out of the home.
(Courtesy: Polk County Sheriff’s Office)
(Courtesy: Polk County Sheriff’s Office)
(Courtesy: Polk County Sheriff’s Office)
(Courtesy: Polk County Sheriff’s Office)
(Courtesy: Polk County Sheriff’s Office)
(Courtesy: Polk County Sheriff’s Office)Detectives are asking anyone to identify the men involved in Johnons’s death. If you have any information, call the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at 863-298-6200 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-226 TIPS (8477).
You can also send tips online to the Crime Stoppers website.