ST. PETERSBURG — Police were investigating an early morning shooting Saturday that resulted in the death of a man who broke into an apartment.

Shortly before 6 a.m., police said, Ocossio Nettles, 26, broke into his girlfriend’s apartment at 5877 Fairfield Ave. S in St. Petersburg and was confronted by 48-year-old Roderick Donson. Shots were fired and Nettles died at the scene, according to police.

Donson was hurt but his injury was not life-threatening, police said. Two women and a child were in the apartment as well, but were not injured.