Rodney Sweeney, 22, of Largo, Florida, died after being shot at the Surf Style surf shop on Clearwater Beach on March 14, 2023. According to investigators, an argument around 8 p.m. between Sweeney and two other men escalated; Sweeney reportedly approached a man on the shop’s second floor and struck him. That man, identified as 20-year-old Johnathan Stanley of Clearwater, fired three rounds, two of which struck Sweeney. Sweeney was taken to Morton Plant Hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died.

Clearwater police identified and arrested Stanley at Clearwater Mall the following night; he was charged with second-degree murder and held on $750,000 bond. Nineteen-year-old Zayah Massucci was arrested and charged with accessory after the fact for providing safe harbor to Stanley and also faced a marijuana possession charge. Surveillance video and witness accounts form part of the investigation; police described the incident as isolated and said they increased patrols on Clearwater Beach afterward.

Did anyone see activity at Surf Style that night or have information about the people involved?