{"id":283891,"date":"2026-05-25T18:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/283891\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T18:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:39:12","slug":"1-shot-killed-during-altercation-in-st-pete-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/283891\/","title":{"rendered":"1 shot, killed during altercation in St. Pete: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/vlcsnap-2026-05-25-10h07m03s567.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">A man was shot and killed early Monday morning during an altercation, according to police.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. &#8211; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\/st-petersburg?page=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">St. Petersburg<\/a> Police Department is searching for a shooter who killed a man during a downtown fight early Monday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   St. Petersburg police investigation <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officers responded to reports of gunfire around 3 a.m. Monday near 1st Ave N and Beach Dr NE. Police found a wounded man who was in his late 20s.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The man, later identified as Peter-Austin Afentakis, was rushed to an area hospital. He died a few hours later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Investigators said a fight broke out before someone pulled a gun and fired shots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officers have not located the shooter yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Downtown shooting suspect search <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police have not provided a physical description of the shooter they are looking for.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Public safety anonymous tips <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Anyone who has information about the deadly shooting is urged to call the St. Petersburg Police Department at 727-893-7780.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Tipsters can also send text messages anonymously by texting the word TIP and the information to 411.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story was gathered from the St. Petersburg Police Department, which detailed the timeline of the shooting and current investigative updates in an official news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\/st-petersburg\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Petersburg<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article A man was shot and killed early Monday morning during an altercation, according to police.\u00a0 ST. 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