St. Pete Leaders Seek Change After 2 Killed in a Single Day PUBLISHED 7:02 PM ET Mar. 31, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:02 PM EDT Mar. 31, 2021
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Detectives are working to solve the 12th homicide in the city of St. Petersburg this year. City leaders gathered on Wednesday to call on the community to stop the violence.
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There have been 12 homicides in St. Petersburg so far this year
There were 15 homicides in the city for all of 2020
On Tuesday, there were two homicides in St. Pete in a single day
Mayor Rick Kriseman and Police Chief Anthony Holloway spoke about the gun violence so far this year. In 2020, there were 15 homicides in the city; in the first three months of 2021, there have been 12.
Family of slain St. Petersburg mother pleads for information after shooting
KâMia Simmons, a 21-year-old mother of two, was killed while her youngest sat in her lap. Her family hopes someone will come forward and help solve her murder.
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Linda Simmons, center, the mother of KâMia Simmons, is consoled by family members during a news conference Thursday at St. Petersburg Police Department headquarters. The family asked anyone with information about the slaying of the 21-year-old mother of two to come forward. From left is Shacoia Pompey, KâMiaâs cousin, Rebecca Rue, KâMiaâs aunt, Linda Simmons, and Denise Johnson-Jones, the grandmother of one of KâMiaâs children. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]
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