Crime & Safety

Clearwater Man Charged With Murder In Shooting In Belleair Bluffs

A 22-year-old Clearwater man has been charged with first-degree murder after being accused of fatally shooting a Belleair Bluffs man.

A 22-year-old Clearwater man has been charged with first-degree murder after being accused of fatally shooting a Belleair Bluffs man.
A 22-year-old Clearwater man has been charged with first-degree murder after being accused of fatally shooting a Belleair Bluffs man. (Pinellas Sheriff)

BELLEAIR BLUFFS, FL — A 22-year-old Clearwater man has been charged with first-degree murder after being accused of fatally shooting a Belleair Bluffs man.

Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies weren called to a home at 160 E. Overbrook St. at 12:27 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17, after gunshots were reported.

They found 24-year-old Darius Johnson dead inside the home from gunshot wounds.

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Pinellas detectives discovered that Johnson and 22-year-old David Murray Biggs of Nursery Road had been arguing for a couple of days and the argument had escalated to threats.

According to the sheriff's office, on Saturday afternoon, Murray Briggs drove to Johnson's home and they began arguing outside. During the argument, Murray Briggs pulled out a gun and began shooting Johnson. Johnson retreated inside his home and Murray Biggs followed, forcing himself inside, where he continued to shoot Johnson.

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Murray Briggs then fled but was taken into custody a short time later by Pinellas deputies.

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