Crime & Safety

Second Arrest Made In Fatal Memorial Day Shooting: St. Pete Police

A second man was arrested and charged with second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of another man in downtown St. Pete, police said.

A second man was arrested and charged with second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of another man in downtown St. Pete, police said. Pictured, shooting suspects Matthew Williams, right, and Jacob Carreras.
A second man was arrested and charged with second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of another man in downtown St. Pete, police said. Pictured, shooting suspects Matthew Williams, right, and Jacob Carreras. (Courtesy of St. Petersburg Police Department)

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A second man has been arrested for a fatal Memorial Day shooting in downtown St. Petersburg.

Matthew Williams, 36, was charged with second-degree murder, attempted murder in the second degree, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and violation of probation, St. Petersburg police said.

Jacob Carreras, 25, was arrested earlier this week in connection with the May 25 fatal shooting of 29-year-old Peter-Austin Afentakis.

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Carrera was charged with second-degree murder.

Carreras and Williams got into an argument with Afentakis while on the street in the 100 block of 1st Avenue N. just before 3 a.m., investigators said.

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Both suspects shot at Afentakis, who later died from his injuries, police said.

A second victim suffered a minor injury in the shooting.

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