Three family members found dead in St. Pete home after SWAT team response A man was taken into custody. He is the suspect in a shooting earlier this month. Â Â St. Petersburg police evacuated nearby homes and sent in the SWAT team after reports of a shooting at a St. Petersburg home. They knocked down the front of the house in order to get the victims to rescue crews and took Cornelius "Cornbread" Whitfield into custody. [ St. Petersburg Police Department ] Updated Feb. 18 ST. PETERSBURG â Three relatives were found dead inside a St. Petersburg home Tuesday after a shooting that led to a SWAT team response.