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Shooting Of 2 In St. Pete Triggers Chases, Arrests

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By STEPHEN THOMPSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: June 23, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - After two young men were shot in a car Sunday night, police spent the better part of the evening trying to track down the car of the men who wounded them, initiating two pursuits.

In the first, the driver fled police, stopped his car and took off running. Though his car was a sliver Pontiac, as was the shooters' vehicle, neither he nor the car had anything to do with the 9:21 p.m. shooting at 22nd Avenue South and Eighth Street, said St. Petersburg Police Department spokesman George Kajtsa.

In the second chase, another silver four-door Pontiac was chased, and it crashed at 4020 14th Ave. S., Kajtsa said. Although police figured out it was the same Pontiac involved in the shooting, they couldn't determine whether the three young men inside the car had anything to do with it.

One, Caelon Hicks, 22, of St. Petersburg, was charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding, driving with a suspended or revoked license and violating probation on previous cocaine delivery and possession charges.

Another of the occupants was identified as Deangelo Gibbs, 21, also of St. Petersburg. It was not known what, if any, charges were filed against him. The name of the third occupant of the vehicle was not available.

None of the three was charged in the shooting.

The victims of the shooting were identified as an 18-year-old and a 17-year-old, both of St. Petersburg. Their identities are not being released because no arrests have been made. They were in a 2003 blue Chrysler Sebring when they were shot.

A friend of one victim took him to a hospital, and the other was taken by ambulance, Kajtsa said. Their injuries were described as non-life-threatening.

Police did not know the motive.

Reporter Stephen Thompson can be reached at (727) 451-2336 or spthompson@tampatrib.com.

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