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One dead, one injured in shooting at St. Petersburg apartment complex

The shooting happened just after midnight Tuesday at the Emerald Pointe apartments on 73rd Avenue North, police said.
One man was killed and a second man seriously injured in a double shooting at a northeast St. Petersburg apartment complex early Tuesday, police said.
One man was killed and a second man seriously injured in a double shooting at a northeast St. Petersburg apartment complex early Tuesday, police said. [ Photo illustration by ASHLEY DYE and BOYZELL HOSEY | Times ]
Published Feb. 2, 2021

ST. PETERSBURG — One man was killed and another seriously injured in a shooting at an apartment complex in northeast St. Petersburg early Tuesday, police said.

Officers were called to the Emerald Pointe apartments, 175 73rd Ave. N, shortly after midnight and found two shooting victims, according to St. Petersburg police. One man was discovered dead inside an apartment. A second man was taken to a local hospital as a trauma alert, police said.

No other details have been released.

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