Dedrick Lamar Sykes, a 41-year-old Black man from Tampa known professionally as DJ ShyGuy, was shot and killed in Ybor City just after 7 p.m. on November 14, 2025. He was driving a red Jeep Grand Cherokee near East 5th Avenue and North 22nd Street when a brief traffic dispute with a black BMW driven by 31-year-old Joel Moreno Cobo escalated. Sykes stepped from his vehicle and was struck by gunfire; he was found lying between the two vehicles, given first aid, taken to a nearby hospital, and did not survive.

Police report the BMW driver remained at the scene, surrendered a holstered firearm, and initially claimed self-defense. Detectives later concluded Sykes was unarmed and had not made threats or gestures indicating he was armed, and on November 20, 2025 investigators arrested Joel Moreno Cobo on a charge of second-degree murder. Friends, family, and clients remember Sykes as a popular Tampa Bay DJ who performed at venues including 7th and Grove and at weddings across the region, and the community has held vigils and demanded transparency as the case proceeds.

Did anyone in Ybor City that evening see the interaction at the intersection or the vehicles involved?