Video: St. Petersburg police search for killer as they mourn another fallen officer

ST. PETERSBURG — Veteran St. Petersburg police Officer David S. Crawford was shot and killed Monday as he and another officer investigated a report of a suspicious character at a downtown residence.

At least 50 police officers and the Pinellas sheriff's helicopter and canine units began an intense search for the shooter.

The suspect was described as a black man in his late teens or early 20s who was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt.

Crawford's killing came one month after two St. Petersburg police officers were fatally shot in the line of duty — the first police officers killed in the city in 31 years.

An intensive manhunt was under way for the killer Tuesday morning, with several downtown blocks closed and police checking cars. The Tampa Police Department immediately sent 12 officers to help secure the search area, and later dedicated more officers.

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