Bar Fight Leaves One Dead And One Under Arrest


St. Petersburg, Fla.-(Newsradio 970 WFLA)-A fight over a game of pool at the Stinger Bar on 49th Street, South, ends in death.

Police say 62 year-old Vincent Hollingsworth used a cue ball to smack the man he was playing pool with. That's when 32 year-old Mario Stephens came up and hit Hollingsworth over the head with a beer bottle. Hollingsworth fell and hit his head on the pool table.

Hollingsworth was transported to Bayfront Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. 

Stephens took off, but was arrested by police later.  Stephens is charged with Manslaughter.

Photo courtesy St. Petersburg Police Department



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