By Andy Boyle, Times Staff Writer
Thursday, September 9, 2010
ST. PETERSBURG — Police found 31-year-old Antonio Isom bleeding in the back yard of a home early Thursday.
He had been shot five times, he told police, but said it was an accident and didn't want to press charges.
Police went to 301 25th St. S after an anonymous caller reported that a man was bleeding. They found Isom about 3 a.m.
Isom told police that he had been with a friend, whom he didn't identify, and knocked on the back door of the house. Someone fired through the door at least 12 times, police said, most likely with an assault rifle.
Isom told police the man who shot him is named Pepe Newsome. He couldn't be found.
Cocaine and drug paraphernalia were found inside the house, police said.
"Mr. Isom's statements are being taken with some degree of suspicion," said police spokesman Mike Puetz.