Police: Carjacking Did Not Happen

Update, 5:30 p.m.: St. Petersburg police now say that 51-year-old Clinton Hattaway was not the victim of a carjacking. 

New information, police say, suggests that Hattaway had a disagreement with another individual that escalated into deadly violence.

They now believe that Hattaway was the victim of an assault but that a carjacking did not take place. Police said that the Gulfport man had gone to the area of 22 Avenue South and 47 Street in his white pick-up truck to meet someone he knew.

While there, police said he became involved in an altercation with another individual that resulted in Hattaway receiving the blunt force injuries that caused his death Monday at a St. Pete hospital.

After the altercation, police believe that a third party then got into Hattaway's truck and drove it to the area of 4601 22 Avenue South, where it was abandoned.

Earlier: Carjacking victim Clinton Hattaway died this morning at Bayfront Medical Center from blunt force trauma, according to St. Petersburg police.

Police say that the 51-year-old Gulfport man was severely beaten during a carjacking Sunday. He had upper body injuries.

Hattaway was found at about 6:30 p.m. in the area of the 2200 block of 47th St. S. Police responded to a call about a man lying in the roadway.

According to police, Hattaway's 1999 Chevy pickup was carjacked and later found at 4601 22nd Ave S. The location is near the Gulfport city line.

Homicide detectives said that they are working on several promising leads  and hope to share additional details.

Anyone with information can contact the St. Petersburg Police Department at (727) 893-7780.