St. Petersburg police investigating early morning homicide

Officers from the St. Petersburg Police Department responded to a shooting at approximately 3:16 a.m. on Sunday, October 24, 2021. The incident occurred in the 4600 block of Haines Road N.

According to preliminary information, 49 year-old Robert Deladurantaye got into an altercation with a man in an alley behind a vacant business and shot him.

Police say that the two men had also been in an argument several hours earlier.

The victim, 30 year-old Christopher Estrada, died at the scene and Deladurantaye was taken into custody and facing charges of 2nd degree murder.