A shooting at a St. Petersburg apartment complex left one person dead and another critically injured, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department. Officers responded to the scene Friday evening and found two victims suffering from apparent gunshot wounds, with one pronounced dead at the location.
According to Tampa Bay 28, the St. Petersburg Police Department said one person died and another was injured in the shooting at the apartment complex. The incident occurred at Inlet Bay at Gateway Apartments, located at 12000 4th Street North in St. Petersburg. The outlet reported that a second person was taken to the hospital and that officials said the investigation was in its early stages, with no additional information available at this time.
Officers Arrived to Find Two Gunshot Victims
Per WFLA, officers responded to the Inlet Bay Apartments at 6:16 p.m. and found two victims both suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. One person was pronounced dead at the scene, while the second was taken to Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital, the station reported. WFLA described an investigation as underway following the shooting on Friday evening.
The station's report did not provide details on the identities of the victims, their ages, or how the shooting unfolded. No suspect information or arrest has been disclosed in connection with the case, and it remains unclear whether the condition of the hospitalized victim has changed since the initial response.
A Separate Shooting at the Same Complex in 2014
The Inlet Bay at Gateway complex was also the site of a deadly shooting more than a decade earlier. Bay News 9 reported that officers received a call just before 8 a.m. about a shooting at Building 19 of the complex, where they found 40-year-old Stanley J. Tipsword of Largo dead in an apartment. A woman injured in that incident was taken to a local hospital for surgery and was reportedly in stable condition with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, according to the outlet.
In that earlier case, police said the people involved appeared to know each other and were shot by a third person who had not been identified at the time, Bay News 9 reported. Detectives said they were working several leads in that investigation. The available evidence does not establish any connection between that 2014 shooting and Friday's incident at the same address.
No further details have emerged about what led to Friday's shooting or the identities of those involved. Investigators have not released additional information as the case remains in its early stages.
