{"id":1555,"date":"2026-05-25T14:37:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=1555"},"modified":"2026-05-25T14:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:37:38","slug":"1-shot-killed-during-altercation-in-st-pete-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=1555","title":{"rendered":"1 shot, killed during altercation in St. Pete: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1554\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d9d19d71605ce1ed9dd9b85959f593fa.webp\" width=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d9d19d71605ce1ed9dd9b85959f593fa.webp 764w, https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d9d19d71605ce1ed9dd9b85959f593fa-300x170.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/figure>\n <span>article<\/span><\/div> <div><div><p><span>A man was shot and killed early Monday morning during an altercation, according to police.\u00a0<\/span> <!-- --><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=1552\">100 Deadliest Days: Why the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day is so deadly for teens<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><\/div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p><span><strong>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>The St. Petersburg Police Department is searching for a shooter who killed a man during a downtown fight early Monday morning.\u00a0<\/p> <h2><strong>St. Petersburg police investigation<\/strong><\/h2> <!-- --><p>What we know:<\/p> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>Officers responded to reports of gunfire around 3 a.m. Monday near 1st Ave N and Beach Dr NE. Police found a wounded man who was in his late 20s.<\/p> <!-- --><p>The man, later identified as Peter-Austin Afentakis, was rushed to an area hospital. He died a few hours later.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p>Investigators said a fight broke out before someone pulled a gun and fired shots.\u00a0<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=1550\">Diet change tied to \u2018younger\u2019 biological age in older adults after 4 weeks<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>Officers have not located the shooter yet.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><h2><strong>Downtown shooting suspect search<\/strong><\/h2> <!-- --><p>What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p> <!-- --><p>Police have not provided a physical description of the shooter they are looking for.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><h2><strong>Public safety anonymous tips<\/strong><\/h2> <!-- --><p>What you can do:<\/p> <!-- --><p>Anyone who has information about the deadly shooting is urged to call the St. Petersburg Police Department at 727-893-7780.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p>Tipsters can also send text messages anonymously by texting the word TIP and the information to 411.\u00a0<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=1547\">Watch live events from across the country on Memorial Day<\/a><\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Petersburg Police Department is searching for a shooter who killed a man during a downtown fight early Monday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,144],"tags":[8,145],"class_list":["post-1555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-st-petersburg","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-st-petersburg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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