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Gulfport Crime News

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Gulfport Woman's Death Linked to Love Triangle

Investigators have launched a manhunt to find the suspect in the shooting death of Destynee Burkes of Gulfport and a second shooting of a man in St. Pete.

Investigators are asking for the public's help in finding the suspect in the shooting death of Detynee Burkes, 24, of Gulfport and the shooting Monday of a St. Petersburg man at an apartment building. In a press conference Tuesday, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and St. Petersburg Police Department announced that Jamaal Jenkins is the suspect in both incidents. Investigators said that Jenkins, Destynee Burkes and Tieyannie Hollis – the second shooting victim – were involved in a love triangle that turned violent. On Jan. 7, Burkes was found shot to death, execution style, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators said she had been shot in the back of the head at the La Quinta Inn, at 4999 34th St. N., in …

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