Man Shot Over Suspicions Of Cheating: Sheriff

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A 26-year-old St. Petersburg woman faces criminal charges after Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputies say a Monday morning domestic dispute took a violent turn. Authorities say Erika Alisha Harvey shot her live-in boyfriend during an argument about suspected infidelity.

According to the sheriff’s office, deputies were called to a home in the 4300 block of 28th Street North just before noon on April 10. Once there, they found Harvey standing in the doorway to the residence and Antonie McElroy, 39, lying on the floor inside the home with a gunshot wound to his midsection.

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“Deputies interviewed Harvey, who admitted to shooting her live-in boyfriend McElroy after a verbal argument over cellphone usage and the suspicion of cheating,” a Tuesday email from the sheriff’s office said. A 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun was recovered from the scene, the email noted.

McElroy was taken to a local hospital with serious, but not life-threatening injuries, the sheriff’s office said.

Harvey was booked into the Pinellas County Jail on a single count of aggravated domestic battery with a deadly weapon. Harvey remained in jail Tuesday without bond.

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Booking photo courtesy of the St. Petersburg Police Department