{"id":294215,"date":"2026-06-03T10:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/294215\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:21:14","slug":"arrest-made-in-downtown-st-pete-shooting-that-left-man-dead-on-memorial-day-police-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/294215\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest made in downtown St. Pete shooting that left man dead on Memorial Day: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

St. Petersburg police arrested Jacob Carreras, 25, and charged him with second-degree murder in the May 25 shooting death of Peter-Austin Afentakis, 28.<\/p>\n

Investigators say the two men were involved in an argument in downtown St. Petersburg before Carreras allegedly pulled out a gun and shot Afentakis, who later died at a hospital.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Marshals Service arrested Carreras in Hillsborough County, and he is expected to be extradited to Pinellas County as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A suspect was arrested in connection with a downtown St. Petersburg shooting that left a man dead over Memorial Day weekend,<\/a> according to the St. Pete<\/a> Police Department.<\/p>\n

Downtown St. Petersburg shooting<\/p>\n

What we know<\/p>\n

Police said Jacob Carreras, 25, and Peter-Austin Afentakis, 28, were arguing shortly before 3 a.m. on May 25 in the 100 block of 1st Avenue North in downtown St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n

Investigators say the altercation escalated when Carreras allegedly pulled out a gun and shot Afentakis.<\/p>\n

Shooting victim dies at hospital<\/p>\n

Officers responded to reports of gunfire near 1st Avenue North and Beach Drive Northeast, where they found Afentakis suffering from gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n

Afentakis was taken to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries.<\/p>\n

Suspect arrested in Hillsborough County<\/p>\n

Dig deeper<\/p>\n

Following the investigation, St. Petersburg police got a warrant for Carreras’ arrest.<\/p>\n

\"<div>Courtesy:<\/p>\n

Courtesy: St. Petersburg Police Department<\/p>\n

The U.S. Marshals Service located and arrested Carreras in Hillsborough County<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Police said Carreras will be extradited to Pinellas County<\/a> to face a second-degree murder charge.<\/p>\n

Investigation continues<\/p>\n

What we don’t know<\/p>\n

Police have not released additional details about the circumstances surrounding the altercation or whether any other individuals were involved.<\/p>\n

What’s next<\/p>\n

SPPD said the investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information related to the case is encouraged to contact investigators.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

Information for this story was gathered from the St. Petersburg Police Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief St. Petersburg police arrested Jacob Carreras, 25, and charged him with second-degree murder in the May…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[124043,17222,276,123908,121042,596,1599,202,204,203,199,201,200,23688],"class_list":["post-294215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-carreras","tag-downtown-st-petersburg","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-jacob-carreras","tag-peter-austin-afentakis","tag-pinellas-county","tag-police-department","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-u-s-marshals-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294215","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=294215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}