{"id":236975,"date":"2026-04-18T14:43:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/236975\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T14:43:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:43:36","slug":"suspect-arrested-in-fatal-st-pete-home-invasion-shooting-sppd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/236975\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect arrested in fatal St. Pete home invasion shooting: SPPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 A man is in custody in connection with <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay28.com\/news\/region-pinellas\/one-man-killed-in-st-pete-shooting-sppd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a fatal shooting during a robbery with drug overtones in St. Petersburg<\/a> on Wednesday, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD).<\/p>\n<p>Detectives arrested 48-year-old John Knight and charged him with first degree felony murder, attempted felony murder and felon in possession of a firearm, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators determined Knight and Ronnie Dials, 56, entered a duplex at 863 14th Ave. South to rob the resident. There was an altercation, and Dials and the resident were shot, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Dials died at the scene, while the resident is still being treated at the hospital for his injuries, per the release.<\/p>\n<p>SPPD said this is still an active investigation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ANNETTE.GUTIERREZ.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wiregrass Elementary staff report injuries, Pasco County Schools investigates<\/p>\n<p>Pasco County Schools is investigating Wiregrass Elementary after teachers and staff reported on-the-job injuries and a lack of administrative support.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A lot of anxiety&#8217;: Wiregrass Elementary staff report injuries, Pasco County superintendent investigates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 A man is in custody in connection with a fatal shooting during a robbery&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[205,5558,105391,3530,105389,596,105390,202,204,203,199,201,200,3670,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-236975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-abc-action-news","9":"tag-drugs","10":"tag-duplex","11":"tag-fatal","12":"tag-john-knight","13":"tag-pinellas-county","14":"tag-ronnie-dials","15":"tag-st-pete","16":"tag-st-pete-headlines","17":"tag-st-pete-news","18":"tag-st-petersburg","19":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","20":"tag-st-petersburg-news","21":"tag-tampa-bay-local-news","22":"tag-wfts"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}