Tampa Bay briefs

By Times staff writer

© St. Petersburg Times, published June 26, 2000

TAMPA -- Two armed men made off with the contents of a drugstore's safe and the tape from its surveillance camera Sunday night. Tampa police said two masked, gloved young men walked into the Walgreens store at 2199 E Busch Blvd. about 9 p.m. Sunday.

Each of them brandished a gun and ordered the store manager to open the safe and give them all the money. Before they left on foot, they also took the store's surveillance video. Still, the store manager gave police a detailed description of the suspects. Both men were no taller than 5 feet 8, thin and younger than 25.

Both young men were black and one wore a black mask, black plaid jacket and blue jeans. The other wore a bandana over his face and a dark shirt, light-colored pants and a blue baseball cap. Anyone with information is asked to call Tampa police at 276-3200.

Woman's body found in Intracoastal

CLEARWATER -- Police are trying to identify the body of a woman found floating Sunday morning in the Intracoastal Waterway near the Memorial Causeway in Clearwater. Boaters called Clearwater police at 8:06 a.m. to report finding the woman, who was wearing a dress but no shoes. Clearwater police said the woman has dark skin and is thought to be in her mid 50s. Wayne Shelor, a spokesman for the Clearwater Police Department, said the Pasco-Pinellas medical examiner's office will conduct an autopsy. Clearwater detectives discovered no obvious signs of trauma or criminal activity on the body. "At this point, it is a suspicious death," Shelor said. "We do not know what we have found."

Police say man shot in park killed himself

PINELLAS PARK -- A 39-year-old man shot himself in the head at 11:11 p.m. Saturday at the Sparkle Lake Park in Pinellas Park, police said.

Michael B. Kerr of 4501 84th Ave. N, No. 603, was found on a park bench near the playground. Kerr suffered a single gunshot wound to the right side of his forehead. Two suicide notes were found -- one on his body and one at his home. Police responded to the park after someone reported hearing a shot.

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