by Sharelle Burt
November 28, 2023
Hillsborough Circuit Choose Robin Fuson dominated that Tyrell Phillips posed a menace to the neighborhood, and no launch circumstances had been in place to make sure residents remained secure.
A choose has ordered a person accused of killing a 14-year-old and injuring others in a mass capturing in Ybor Metropolis, Florida, to stay locked up.
Hillsborough Circuit Choose Robin Fuson dominated that Tyrell Phillips posed a menace to the neighborhood, and no launch circumstances had been in place to make sure residents remained secure.
“The most secure place for him and our neighborhood is contained in the Hillsborough County Jail,” Fuson mentioned. The capturing occurred on Halloween weekend, leaving a minor, later recognized as Elijah Wilson, and a 20-year-old useless with 16 others injured. Two teams had been seen entering into an altercation shortly earlier than 3:00 a.m. on Oct. 29.
Just a few weeks later, Phillips was arrested after turning himself in and is dealing with a number of felony costs, together with possession of a firearm whereas sporting a masks and carrying a hid firearm. State Lawyer Suzy Lopez agrees with Choose Fuson’s choice, given video proof exhibits the teenage sufferer didn’t use a weapon earlier than dying, and Phillips claimed he shot in self-defense.
“Tyrell Phillips stood on a crowded seventh Avenue in historic Ybor Metropolis’s leisure district and fired at a teen 3 times,” Lopez mentioned in an announcement. “There aren’t any pretrial circumstances a courtroom might impose that will make the neighborhood secure from a person who would commit such a mindless homicide. He has no regard for human life and stays a hazard to the folks of Hillsborough County.”
At a prosecutor’s request, Fuson additionally banned Phillips from contacting anybody affiliated with the teams, described as rivals. Phillips is believed to be pals with a number of folks in one of many teams {that a} prosecutor referred to as a gang. Throughout the three-hour listening to, Assistant State Lawyer Justin Diaz confirmed a collection of rap movies posted by the group on YouTube. Phillips and different folks could be seen all through the movies holding weapons and flashing totally different hand indicators. Two folks recognized within the movies had been additionally seen the evening of the capturing, with one in all them being shot.
An investigation to determine the opposite shooters stays open. “Our companions on the Tampa Police Division proceed the investigation into the crime and separate shootings that occurred on the similar location,” the State Lawyer’s Workplace says. Anybody with extra data is eligible for a reward of as much as $5,000.
