Friday, April 19, 2024

Murder arrest made following two men shot to death in St. Petersburg

Detectives from the St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD) are conducting two different investigations at crime scenes that left two men dead.

On Monday August 2nd, officers arrested 31 year-old Patrick Cretors and charged him with two counts of First Degree Murder for the shooting deaths of 29 year-old Geno Hansana and 30 year-old Ai Noy Graham.

Booking photo of Patrick Cretors

Hansana’s body was found in the 3200 block of 11th Ave. S. after police received a report of suspicious circumstances at 7:18 p.m. on Sunday, August 1, 2021.

Twenty-four minutes later, the police department Emergency Communications Center received a report of an unresponsive man inside a vehicle in the 2800 block of 20th Ave N. Officers found. Graham deceased of apparent gunshot wounds.

Detectives discovered this incident started as a disagreement between friends and ended with Cretors shooting both Hansana and Graham. Cretors dumped Hansana’s body in the street in the 3200 block of 11th Ave S and abandoned the vehicle with Graham’s body inside, in the 2800 block of 20th Ave N. Cretors then fled on foot.

Officers located him soon afterwards.

There are many details of this crime that are still being investigated and a lot of forensic information that is still being processed, so police are not able to go into further detail at this point.

If anyone has information about the shootings, please contact SPPD at 727-893-7780. Anonymous tips can be sent to investigators, by texting the letters SPPD and your tip to TIP411.

Additional information provided here at https://iontb.com once released from the St. Petersburg Police Department.


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