Murder in 2007
By ABHI RAGHUNATHAN, Times Staff Writer
Published October 28, 2007
More people have already been murdered in St. Petersburg this year than all of 2006. Here's a look at this year's 24 murders, with information from police on ones that were drug-related or tied to a domestic dispute or home invasion. The data confirm the consistency of murders in St. Petersburg over the years. Most people are killed south of Central Avenue, and roughly a third of all murders appear to be drug-related.
1. Jan. 17
4300 block of Seventh Avenue N: David Heath, 53, shot. Dorion Dillard and Cordaro Hardin charged with first-degree murder.
2. Jan. 17
3500 block of Seventh Avenue N: Jeff Shultz, 43, shot. Dillard and Hardin charged with first-degree murder.
3. March 8
3700 18th Ave. S:Frederick Love, 24, stabbed after an argument over a woman. Malcolm Danford, also 24, charged with second-degree murder.
4. March 24
2200 block of Highland Street S: Deandre "Squirrel" Brown, 15, shot after a brawl at Wildwood Recreation Center. Tyree Jamel Gland, 17, charged with second-degree murder. Raymond Adams, 18, charged with being a principal to the murder.
5. April 4
2635 Sixth St. S: Tracey Walker, 40, shot. No arrest.
6. April 14
2700 block of 20th Street S: Charles E. Williams, 25, shot. No arrest.
7. April 18
4100 block of 12th Avenue S: Ediesha Daniel, 17, shot. Charles Wilson, 20, the father of her baby, charged with first-degree murder.
8. May 27
1948 45th St. S: James Lasseter, 33, shot during a drug-related dispute. Christopher Taylor, 24, charged with first-degree murder.
9. May 27
6363 First Ave. S: James Chancey, 30, stabbed. Jonathan Welcher, 33, charged with second-degree murder.
10. May 27
1000 block of 13th Avenue S:Kurt Bryant shot. Marcus Oliver, 18, charged with first-degree murder.
11. June 15
834 53rd Ave. N: Ian Lawson, 23, shot. David Wilson, 24, who had just started to date Lawson's girlfriend, charged with first-degree murder.
12, 13. July 6
482 Dawson Ave. NE:Paula M. O'Conner, 37, and her 15-month-old son, Alijah, killed inside home. Paula dies of strangulation; Alijah dies of asphyxiation. No arrest.
14. July 12
1409 28th Ave. S: Amuel Murph, 68, shot with an assault rifle. No arrest.
15. July 19
2021 Queensboro Ave. S:Clifford Harris, 36, shot during drug-related dispute. Claudius "New York" Green, 51, charged with second-degree murder.
16. July 30
800 Jackson St. N, Apt. 2: Luyen Pham, 63, beaten and strangled. Long Phi Le, 20, charged with first-degree murder, home invasion.
17. Aug. 4
731 15th St. S:Jimmy Lee Adams, 34, shot. No arrest.
18. Sept. 3
3921 Ninth Ave. S: Mariama M. Williams, 31, stabbed. Ronald E. Williams, 42, victim's husband, charged with second-degree murder.
19. Sept. 4
2227 33rd St. S:Vinson Phillips, 46, shot. No arrest.
20. Sept. 6
47th Street and 16th Avenue S:Alfonso Williams, 35, shot while riding bicycle. No arrest.
21. Sept. 15
Fifth Avenue N and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street:Charles Cummings, 49, beaten. No arrest.
22. Sept. 19
776 1/2 16th Ave. S:Mandy Sampson, 27, shot. Home invasion/drug-related. No arrest.
23. Sept. 22
2500 block of 21st Street. S: Miguel Bell, 42, shot and dumped in an alley. No arrest.
24. Oct. 10
2581 Langdon Ave. S: Benjamin Philyor, 46, shot. No arrest.
If you have information about these cases
Call St. Petersburg police at (727) 893-7164 or call Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-873-8477.