ST. PETERSBURG, FL \u2014 A man was arrested and charged in the shooting death of a 44-year-old man, St. Petersburg police said in a news release.<\/p>\n
A neighbor contacted police on Oct. 30 just before 9 p.m. to report that Jerome Smith was found bleeding at his home in the 800 block of 21st Avenue South. Nobody was home with Smith at the time.<\/p>\n
Police found him in his home with a gunshot wound, but still alive, police said.<\/p>\n
He was brought to a local hospital and died Sunday from his injuries. <\/p>\n
Investigators learned that Smith and the shooter, 47-year-old Jerome Smith, knew each other and that a dispute at Smith\u2019s home escalated, police said. <\/p>\n
Smith was charged with second-degree murder.<\/p>\n
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