Suspect Admits to Firing Gun in Tampa’s Halloween Weekend Mass Shooting

22-year-old Tyrell Phillips says he shot multiple times in Ybor City, and turned himself in.

Ybor City, Tampa, Fla. on Oct. 30, 2023. T.J. Muscaro/The Epoch Times

TAMPA—The main street of Ybor City was calm and quiet on Oct. 30. But only hours before, it was filled with screams, sirens, and gunfire during what some shopworkers described as the worst shooting situation they’ve seen.

Around 3 a.m. on Oct. 29, an altercation in the middle of 7th Avenue in Ybor escalated into a gunfight that left two people dead—a 14-year-old identified as Elijah Jaquan Wilson and 20-year-old Harrison Boonstoppel.