ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Investigators are working to figure out what led up to a man's death early Tuesday morning, April 12.
Officers responded just after 1 a.m. to the area of 17th Avenue South at 29th Street South on a report of a man on the ground, according to a St. Petersburg Police Department news release. He was seen with a gunshot wound, it added.
Officers tried doing CPR when they arrived, but the man died at the scene. Police have identified him as 24-year-old Corlenzo Williams. The department says his family has been notified of his death.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call police at 727-893-7780 or text SPPD and the tip to TIP411.
On Tuesday evening, police announced a $5,000 reward for information in Williams' homicide, as well as for tips about another earlier homicide involving an older man with the same last name. Investigators say there's no known association between the two men or any known link between their shooting deaths, but both homicides appear to be "unprovoked." The other man, police say, was 60-year-old Vernon Williams – who was found dead with a gunshot wound on April 10 on Melrose Avenue South.
To be eligible for a potential cash reward, tipsters should call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS.