Julissa Jackson was 15 when she was shot and killed on January 1, 2018, in Tampa, Florida. She had given birth to a son two months earlier and family members described her as having turned her life around and looking forward to motherhood. On the night she died Julissa attended a teenage party at a warehouse called The Club near North 50th Street and East Clifton Street; the event was shut down early after multiple fights and roughly 200 people began to leave.

Julissa had been given a ride by a family friend, 25-year-old Jyhaad Grant. Both Julissa and Grant were shot and killed inside Grant’s vehicle by two security guards employed by Eagle One Security Force, identified as Keyon Williams, 28, and Connor Harm, 18. The guards said they fired after hearing what they believed were gunshots from the car, though others reported fireworks and accounts differ about whether Grant fired at all. Two handguns, a 9 mm and a .380, were recovered in Grant’s vehicle; Grant was on probation and had prior weapons-related charges.

No charges against the security guards had been announced and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office investigation was ongoing at the time of these reports. Does anyone have firsthand information about the scene or the events outside The Club that night?