Arrest Made In Fatal Memorial Day Shooting On 1st Ave. N.: St. Pete Police

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A man has been arrested in connection with a fatal downtown St. Petersburg shooting in the early hours of Memorial Day, authorities said.

Jacob Carreras, 25, was charged with second-degree murder, St. Petersburg police said in a news release.

He’s accused of shooting and killing 29-year-old Peter-Austin Afentakis, 29, just before 3 a.m. on May 25.

Carreras and Afentakis got into an argument while on the street in the 100 block of 1st Avenue N.

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Carreras shot the victim, who later died from his injuries, police said.

Police issued a warrant for the suspect’s arrest, and the U.S. Marshals Service took him into custody in Hillsborough County.

Carreras will be extradited to Pinellas County to face charges.

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