AMIR WILLIAMS

An investigation into a fatal shooting is currently continuing. The shooting claimed the life of an 11-year-old St. Petersburg boy.

     According to police, at 12:15 p.m., police responded to a house at 1421 43rd St. S., for a gunshot wound to an 11-year-old boy. Amir Williams, was born on July 13, 2012, and died at the
scene, on April 26, 2024.

     There was no school on that day and Amir was home with his 14-year-old brother and 13-year-old sister.

The 14-year-old brother admitted he was playing with the gun and accidentally shot his 11-year-old brother.

The gun was reported stolen on April 24th in St. Petersburg.  Detectives are still trying to determine how the 14-year-old had possession of it.

This is an ongoing investigation and no one has been charged at this time.