Man Named Prince Arrested In Bradenton Shooting

BRADENTON, FL — Bradenton Police have charged a 55-year-old man named Prince with several criminal charges following the April 16 shooting of a woman.

Not to be confused with Prince Rogers Nelson, the famous musician who died last week at the age of 57, this man is Prince Singletary.

According to the police department, its officers were called out to Manatee Memorial Hospital around 6:20 a.m. April 16 to speak with a shooting victim who was being treated for wounds to her right arm and chest area.

“Both the victim and her live-in boyfriend, Mr. Prince Singletary, were not truthful about how the shooting occurred,” the department announced in a Monday email to media. “Further investigation conducted by detectives showed that Mr. Singletary shot the victim.”

Police said Singletary told police several different accounts as to how the woman, who hasn’t been identified, was shot. He did, the email noted, admit to the actual shooting.

Singletary was booked into the Manatee County Jail on Friday after police determined his story just wasn’t adding up, jail records indicate. He faces aggravated domestic battery with a deadly weapon and possession of a weapon and ammunition by a convicted felon charges. He was being held in lieu of $125,000 bond as of Monday when the arrest was announced.

Singletary’s previous arrests include drug-related charges, battery, contempt of court and violation of program, according to jail records.

Police have not said how serious the woman’s injuries were.

No further information is available at this time.

Booking photo courtesy of the Bradenton Police Department

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