Argument ends with husband shooting, killing wife in Pinellas Park: Police

By FOX 13 News Staff

Updated August 29, 2024 3:35pm EDT

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - A Pinellas Park man is under arrest, charged with killing his wife on Thursday morning.

Police responded to a home at 58th Street North around 9:20 a.m. for reports of a shooting.

When officers arrived, they said Evangelos Mitrakos, 65, admitted to shooting his wife.

Courtesy: Pinellas Park Police Department

Leonora Vata, 56, was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Mitrakos told police he shot his wife after they got into an argument.

Mitrakos is charged with second-degree murder.

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