{"id":327433,"date":"2026-07-02T16:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327433\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:42:09","slug":"police-arrest-man-in-killing-of-86-year-old-man-and-dog-in-st-pete-sppd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327433\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest man in killing of 86-year-old man and dog in St. Pete: SPPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 The man suspected of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay28.com\/news\/region-pinellas\/86-year-old-man-killed-at-home-in-st-pete-police\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shooting to death an 86-year-old man and the family dog<\/a> is now in custody, St. Pete police announced on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they arrested 43-year-old Jason Blythe for on unrelated charges on July 1 in Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>Blythe will be formally charged with the 11th Street South homicide homicide that happened in St. Petersburg on June 30.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Detectives suspect Blythe shot the 86-year-old man and the family dog in the 5800 block of 11th Street South. Police also confirmed Blythe was known to the 86-year-old man, describing him as acquainted with the shooting victim.  But the motive for the homicide is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>St. Pete police said Blythe is expected to be transported to the Pinellas County Jail to face charges of first-degree homicide, animal cruelty, and felon in possession of a firearm, once detectives and the State Attorney&#8217;s Office complete filing the arrest warrant.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Blythe is currently being held without bond in Hillsborough County for a warrant out of Tifton County, Georgia, for aggravated assault on a peace<br \/>officer and fleeing and eluding.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ANNETTE.GUTIERREZ.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Florida law now requires restaurants to disclose fees upfront<\/p>\n<p>Starting July 1, Florida restaurants must disclose all fees \u2014 including service charges and credit card surcharges \u2014 before customers order.<\/p>\n<p>Florida restaurants are now required to disclose added fees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 The man suspected of shooting to death an 86-year-old man and the family dog&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[135266,135268,135269,4823,135267,1911,202,204,203,199,201,200,5910,108336,3670,208],"class_list":["post-327433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-11th-street-south","tag-elderly-man-and-dog-killed","tag-elderly-man-and-dog-shot-to-death","tag-fatal-shooting","tag-jason-blythe","tag-polk-county","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bay-28","tag-tampa-bay-28-news","tag-tampa-bay-local-news","tag-wfts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327433","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=327433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}