St. Petersburg police charge the man with murder after the body was found in an alley

Police found the body of 45-year-old Devontae Lawson in an alley in St Petersburg on Thursday afternoon. Now they say they have arrested his killer.

St. Petersburg Police Department detectives found Tyrone Anthony Walker, 41, in Tampa Saturday and arrested him with help from the Tampa Police Department. Walker is charged with manslaughter and has been taken into custody, detectives said in a press release Sunday afternoon.

The men had an argument Thursday, police said, and Walker shot Lawson and then dumped his body in an ally in the 4500 block of 21st Avenue S. Officers were called to the area around 3:30 p.m. and located him, the Times previously reported. .