Fight Leaves One Man Dead at St. Petersburg Bar
Posted: April 10, 2017 – 2:45 p.m.
The incident occurred on April 9th 2017, at 11:52 p.m., at the Stinger Bar, 2222 49th Street South.
According to detectives, 60 year-old Vincent Hollingsworth was playing pool with 32 year-old Mario Renard Stephens who was also inside the bar.
Hollingsworth and the man he was playing pool with became involved in an argument. Hollingsworth struck the man multiple times in the face with a cue ball.
Two bouncers in the bar broke up the fight and separated the duo. Mario Stephens then came up behind Hollingsworth and struck Hollingsworth over the head with a beer bottle.
Hollingsworth stumbled backward while the bouncers attempted to hold Stephens back. Stephens was able to get around the bouncers and struck Hollingsworth several more times with the beer bottle and his fist.
Hollingsworth fell to the ground, striking his head on the pool table.
Paramedics responded to the bar and then transported Hollingsworth to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg Hospital where Hollingsworth was pronounced deceased at 12:33 a.m. on April 10, 2017.
Stephens left the bar in a vehicle but was later seen in the area in the same vehicle and was arrested. Stephens was charged with Manslaughter.