St. Petersburg, Florida - One man is dead and another injured after a shooting at the New Plaza Motel early Tuesday morning.

At around 4:30 a.m. St. Pete police found the motel night clerk, 47-year-old Jerome Horacek, shot several times in the upper torso. He was taken to Bayfront Medical Center, where he was treated and released.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Florida -- Two different Bay area sheriff's are targeting the website Backpage.com. They say it's a haven for sex crimes and human trafficking.

On Sunday in Pinellas County, two men and a woman were arrested at the Knights Inn on 54th Avenue North in St. Petersburg.

Sheriff Bob Gualtieri says Donell Jenkins of St. Petersburg forced two young runaway girls  to sell their bodies over a period of about a week.

Lealman, Florida -- Officials say they've arrested three people in connection with the sex trafficking of juveniles in Pinellas County.

According to a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office report, 21-year-old Donell Octavis Jenkins, 28-year-old Stacy Jo Bumgarner and 30-year-old Antron Laquay Smith forced two runaway girls into prostitution with threats of beating them if they did not participate.

"The whole thing is just a tragic, horrific situation," Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri told reporters during a news conference on Monday afternoon.