ST. PETERSBURG, FL — UPDATE
Detectives have identified Tuesday morning’s gunshot victim as 24-year-old Corlenzo Williams, St. Pete police said.
This is the second fatal shooting in St. Petersburg in less than 24 hours. A 60-year-old man was shot and killed early Monday morning on Melrose Avenue, St. Pete police said.
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St. Pete police are asking the public for information to help in a homicide investigation following the shooting death of a man early Tuesday morning.
According to a police news release, a man died of gunshot wounds in the 2900 block of 17th Avenue South shortly after 1 a.m.
No other details have been released by the police.
Anyone with information about this case can call the St. Petersburg Police Department at 727-893-7780 or text SPPD plus your tip to TIP411.
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St. Pete’s 2nd Gunshot Victim Of The Week Identified: Police
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