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Police: 17-year-old shoots, kills cousin after an argument

The St. Petersburg Police Department says the teen 17-year-old was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
Credit: 10 Tampa Bay

SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. — The St. Petersburg Police Department says a man is dead following a shooting Monday morning.

The shooting happened at about 7:15 a.m. at a neighborhood on Fairfield Avenue South, according to police.

Officers say Ronald Gary, 40, was shot multiple times by his 17-year-old cousin after the two got into an argument. Gary later died from his injuries, according to the report.

Police say the two lived in the same house on Fairfield Avenue.

The 17-year-old has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

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