Pinellas deputy shoots and kills woman who raised gun, police say

A Pinellas County sheriff's deputy shot and killed a 54-year-old woman who raised a gun toward him Saturday morning at the Sunshine Mobile Home Par...

October 3, 2023
4:28 AM

A Pinellas County sheriff's deputy shot and killed a 54-year-old woman who raised a gun toward him Saturday morning at the Sunshine Mobile Home Park, according to police. The deputy, Albert Johnson III, shot the woman outside her home after she came out with a gun, St. Petersburg police Chief Anthony Holloway said in a news conference Saturday afternoon. Police later identified her as Samantha M. Belk, 54. St. Petersburg police are leading the investigation involving the Pinellas deputy. Three deputies, including Johnson, arrived at the mobile home park near 74th Street North and 46th Avenue North shortly before 9 a.

Langston Taylor