{"id":31620,"date":"2025-11-03T18:47:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/31620\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T18:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:47:16","slug":"suspect-charged-with-2nd-degree-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/31620\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect Charged With 2nd Degree Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Corey-Deron-Battle.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Corey-Deron-Battle.jpeg\" alt=\"Corey Deron Battle\" class=\"wp-image-292633\" title=\"Arrest Made In St. Petersburg Shooting: Suspect Charged With 2nd Degree Murder 1\"  \/><\/a>Corey Deron Battle<\/p>\n<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2013 St. Petersburg Police Detectives have arrested and charged a suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of a city resident last week.<\/p>\n<p>Corey Deron Battle, 47, was taken into custody on Sunday, November 2nd, and is being held on a charge of 2nd Degree Murder for the death of Jerome Smith, 44.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was initially discovered by a neighbor on Thursday, October 30th, at approximately 8:47 p.m. The neighbor contacted police after finding Smith bleeding at his home, located at 833 21st Avenue South. Upon arrival, officers confirmed Smith had suffered a gunshot wound and was transported to a local hospital. RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampafp.com\/st-petersburg-man-in-critical-condition-after-late-night-shooting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Petersburg Man In Critical Condition After Late-Night Shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite receiving medical care, Smith succumbed to his injuries three days later, on Sunday, November 2nd.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives\u2019 investigation revealed that Battle and Smith were acquainted. Police state the shooting was the result of a dispute between the two men at Smith\u2019s home that escalated.<\/p>\n<p>Battle was arrested and charged on the same day Smith died. The St. Petersburg Police Department has confirmed that the investigation into this case remains active.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampafp.com\/deputy-involved-shooting-in-brandon-leaves-suspect-dead-after-child-rescue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deputy-Involved Shooting In Brandon Leaves Suspect Dead After Child Rescue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please make a small\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=KWYEB8X3JQ2MY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">donation to the Tampa Free Press to help sustain independent journalism<\/a>. Your contribution enables us to continue delivering high-quality, local, and national news coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up:\u00a0Subscribe to our free\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tampafp.com\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for a curated selection of top stories delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Corey Deron Battle ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2013 St. Petersburg Police Detectives have arrested and charged a suspect in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-31620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31620","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=31620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}