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FL - Cops: Registered sex offender murdered in St.Petersburg

View the article here Another Article 01/23/2009 By Carly Timmons ST.PETERSBURG - Police are investigating the murder of a registered sex offender. Officers responded to a call of "shots heard" in the 2400 block of Highland Street South on Thursday night shortly before 8:00. When they arrived, officers discovered a white Ford E150 van had crashed into the rear of a parked, unattended silver Suzuki sedan. Officers found Carmen Tungate slumped over in the driver's seat of the van. He had a gunshot wound to the upper body. It appears that he lost control of his van after he was shot, and hit the sedan. Tungate was taken to Bayfront Medical Center where he was pronounced dead about five hours later. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement website, Tungate was a registered sexual offender...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 23, 2009 (boomark / email).