Man found not guilty in 2024 North Tampa homicide

The Brief

  • Dontarvis Singleton man was found not guilty on Thursday in the 2024 murder of a man in North Tampa.
  • According to the Tampa Police Department, on July 22, 2024, Ronald Christian was shot multiple times in the area of 1007 East Poinsettia Avenue.
  • Singleton’s father initially identified his son as the shooter, but later changed his story.

TAMPA A Tampa man who was accused of shooting and killing a rival last year was found not guilty on Thursday evening.

Prosecutors said Dontarvis Singleton, 38, killed 46-year-old Ronald Christian last year in retaliation because Christian tried to rob him a few weeks earlier.

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