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Library shooter already in prison
By JOSE CARDENAS
Published February 10, 2007
LARGO - An 18-year-old Largo man already serving time in state prison has been charged with shooting into a St. Petersburg College library last year, authorities said Friday. The shooting took place about 8 p.m. Aug. 9 at St. Petersburg College's Seminole campus, 9200 113th St. N, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. The library was closed to the public, but a cleaning crew was inside when several shots were fired into the building. During the investigation, detectives identified Joshua Lerner as a suspect and determined that he was serving two years at Indian River Correctional Facility for breaking into cars and a house, stealing a motorcycle, two guns and other items. Lerner was interviewed and admitted shooting into the library, detectives said. They added that Lerner said he was drunk and had fired randomly from a car. Lerner was charged with firing into an occupied dwelling, authorities said. Last month, Lerner, whose nickname is "Young Money," was featured in a St. Petersburg Times story about living conditions at the jail. While a Times reporter spent two days at the jail, Lerner was sent to Indian River.
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