Trevon Montrell Barton, a 21-year-old African American man, was killed on October 30, 2021, in Saint Petersburg, Florida. The shooting happened during an outdoor boxing match in the Skyway Plaza Shopping Center parking lot on 62nd Avenue South. About 200 people were at the event when an altercation erupted and several shots were fired. Barton was critically wounded and later died at a hospital; four other people — two men and two women — were also shot.

Investigators arrested 21-year-old Robert Lee Cooley in Tampa. He was initially charged with carrying a concealed firearm and discharging a firearm in public, and detectives later found probable cause to charge him with second-degree murder in connection with Barton’s death. Cooley was being held in the Hillsborough County Jail and the investigation remained active.

Anyone who was at the event or has information about the shooting is asked to contact investigators.