Tyrone Howard, 21, a Black/African American male, died on September 7, 2025, in St. Petersburg, Florida. Shortly after 2 p.m., the car he was driving crashed into a parked vehicle outside Robco Transmission & Auto at 3101 Emerson Avenue South. First responders discovered he had been shot near the 2900 block of Emerson Avenue South. He was taken to Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital, where he died of his injuries.
A one-year-old girl riding in the back seat was not physically hurt and was evaluated at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital as a precaution.
Detectives opened a homicide investigation that day, canvassing the area and reviewing nearby surveillance footage while asking the public for information. Early reports from the scene described the sequence in which the shooting preceded the crash, with investigators working to determine precisely where the gunfire occurred relative to the collision outside the auto shop. Family and community members mourned the loss of Tyrone Howard, 21, as the case shifted from an initial shooting response to a confirmed homicide inquiry.
On September 16, 2025, St. Petersburg police announced the arrest of Jamal Black in the killing of Tyrone Howard, 21. Black was charged with second-degree murder; the arrest notice also listed four counts of violation of felony probation. According to the department’s release, the investigative timeline tied the shooting to the moments before the crash, and the case moved forward following the arrest. Local outlets reported that the suspect was taken into custody and held without bond as the homicide case proceeded.
