Crime & Safety
1 Dead, 1 Injured In Shooting At Apartments In Pinellas Park
The Pinellas Park police are investigating a double shooting at the Boardwalk Apartments, 6401 102nd Ave., Pinellas Park.
PINELLAS PARK, FL — The Pinellas Park police are investigating a double shooting at the Boardwalk Apartments, 6401 102nd Ave., Pinellas Park.
The shooting occurred at 1:53 a.m. Tuesday.
When officers arrived, they learned that two men got into a verbal fight that escalated into gunfire with both men shooting one another.
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Axel Geraldo Gilbert, 20, of Pinellas Park was pronounced dead at the scene. The other man, 23-year-old Nuriyjha R. Jackson, was taken to the hospital where he is listed in stable condition.
Jackson has been charged with one count of manslaughter and one count of violation of probation.
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