Shane Boyd was 26 and a resident of Saint Petersburg, Florida, when he was shot and killed in a road rage confrontation on September 28, 2021. The shooting happened in the early morning in the Edge District of downtown Saint Petersburg after Boyd and his girlfriend were driving on Central Avenue and their car was nearly struck by a vehicle backing out of a parking space. An argument followed; the other driver opened fire and Boyd was fatally wounded. He was taken to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg, where he was pronounced dead.

Authorities identified 48-year-old Donovan Elmalik Gamel Shabazz as the shooter and arrested him in Hillsborough County shortly after the incident. Shabazz was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, but not with murder or manslaughter, and the St. Petersburg Police Department did not disclose the underlying reasons for that charging decision. Boyd’s family and friends have said they feel justice has not been fully served, and his girlfriend described him as kind and creative.

Did anyone in the Edge District that morning see the confrontation or have information about what happened before the shooting?