ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Two people are in custody after a shooting Wednesday night in St. Petersburg involving a police officer, authorities say.
At 9:30 p.m., gunshots were fired in an alley near 27th Street South, the St. Pete Police Department said in a news release.
There were no reported injuries.
Because the police officer was involved in the shooting, the Pinellas County Use of Deadly Force will investigate the incident.
"In 2020, the Pinellas County Use of Deadly Force Investigative Taskforce was created to ensure the investigations conducted into law enforcement use of deadly force are thorough, complete, and objective," the police department stated. "The purpose of this taskforce is to make sure that officer-involved shootings in Pinellas County are investigated by an independent agency and not by the agency involved in the use of deadly force."
The investigation of the shooting remains ongoing.