FL - Mass shooting in Tampa, 2 killed, 18 others hurt when gunfire erupts during crowded Halloween street party, 29 Oct 2023

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A fight between two groups turned deadly in Tampa when a shooting during Halloween festivities resulted in two deaths and 18 people hospitalized early Sunday morning, police said.

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Tyrell Stephen Phillips, 22, was arrested and charged with second degree murder after a shooting broke out in Ybor City early Sunday morning.

Tyrell Stephen Phillips now faces a charge of second degree murder with a firearm, Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw said Sunday afternoon. There is no attorney on record for Phillips, according to jail records.
 
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Defendant's Court Date - Monday, 30 October

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Defendant:
Tyrell Stephen Phillips, 22
Pretrial Confinement at Hillsborough County Jail
Inmate # 2023-3****
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To-Be Named Deceased:
Male - 14 Years Old
Male - 22 Years Old

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The early morning fight occurred in an area with several bars and clubs that was once the center of Tampa’s cigar industry. In more recent years, the area has been known for its lively nightlife, and Tampa police spokeswoman Jonee Lewis said “hundreds” of people were on the streets at the time of Sunday’s shootings because numerous nightspots had just closed.

Police had not released the names of those killed, but Emmitt Wilson said his 14-year-old son, Elijah, was one of the fatalities. Wilson came to the scene Sunday after getting a call that his son was a victim.

“It’s madness to me. I don’t even feel like I’m here right now,” Wilson said. “I hope the investigators do their job.”

More than 50 officers were in the area, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said on social media, but the incident quickly turned into “a senseless loss of life by those choosing to settle a dispute with firearms.”

Castor stressed at an afternoon news conference that Tampa was “one of the safest cities of its size in the nation,” but that gun law changes were necessary to prevent more incidents like this.

“We cannot come back to the microphones day after day and give our sincere condolences to the victims of gun violence,” she said. “We as a country have to make decisions. A vast majority of Americans support reasonable firearm solutions and support reasonable regulations.”
 
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Another Court Date - Thursday, 2 November

Defendant:
Tyrell Stephen Phillips, 22
Pretrial Confinement at Hillsborough County Jail
Inmate # 2023-3****
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Deceased:
Elijah Wilson, 14
Harrison Boonstoppel, 20



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Tyrell Phillips, the man accused of killing a 14-year-old boy during an early-morning shootout last month in Ybor City, will remain jailed while he awaits trial, a judge ruled Monday.

Hillsborough Circuit Judge Robin Fuson concluded that Phillips posed a danger to the community and there were no release conditions that would ensure the community’s safety.
 

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