Posted on 02/18/2015 8:11:18 AM PST by PROCON
ST. PETERSBURG (FOX 13) - Police are investigating a shooting at a local food mart Tuesday morning.
Investigators with the St. Petersburg Police Department said it happened outside the Obama Express Food Mart at 1400 18th Ave. South around 3 a.m. when a man, identified as 23-year-old Jhai-quel Rai-Tez Black entered the store after an argument outside.
Security guards asked Black to leave, but said he refused and pulled out a gun.
The guards fired theirs first, shooting and killing Black at the scene.
Detectives are reviewing the store's surveillance footage and will forward their findings to the State Attorney's Office to determine if any charges should be filed.
"I haven't seen the video," St. Petersburg police spokesman Michael Puetz said. "But the information I have at this point is that the gun itself was out, displayed, in his hand, but not pointed at any given specific direction, just being kind of waved across the perimeter of the store."
Puetz was describing the early morning shooting death by two armed security guards of Jhai'quel Rai-Tez Black, who just turned 23 Friday. Black was allegedly arguing with another man outside, then inside, the Obama Express convenience store on 18th Avenue South at about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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Over the course of three years, his mug shots show little change in appearance. Kal said his brother was good working with his hands, and was always hustling up work.
Yup, just trying to turn his life around.
Maybe Jhai-quel Rai-Tez Black was going to start an Islamic rap group?
When will America address the growing problem of Renegade Mennonites?
That's as close as Preezy Obola has ever come to running a bidness in his life.
Oh. Sorry. I forgot a human bean lost his life.
A moment of silence please.
I didn’t know the Amish had a community there...
Starting college in the fall, I’ll bet.
I don’t know if this was a justifiable shoot, he was ONLY waving the gun. /sarc
Don’t forget aspiring rapper. OH, and was turning his life around. And don’t be posting pictures of him flashing gang signs, posing with firearm, or displaying cash because that is character assassination. And I almost forgot the newest one, those security guards should have just left the store.
You’re killin’ me Mike! Another good one!
Mo Bros Cough Drops...a Longtime Obie Family Favorite!
Thank you!
Maybe he could have landed a regular job if he hadn’t had one of those ‘holy prince of Africa’ names.
One of these days a dead thug will turn up who really is named Dindu Nuffins.
“Jhai-quel Rai-Tez Black” - you can’t even make this stuff up any more....
I am presently cleaning espresso off my nice 24” LCD screen...
“’Jhai-quel Rai-Tez Black’ - you can’t even make this stuff up any more....”
Definitely stranger than fiction.
Oops..He was only trying to show them his new piece. They were only trying to shoot the gun out of his hand when he stepped into the bullet. Total miscommunication...
ahaha Sorry
Thank you for your patience.
The Obama Foodmart open at 3am with armed guards... No one has to get up early for work? We all know what kind of neighborhood requires armed guards at the grocery store.
such an entrepreneur that Obie.
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