Fourteen-year-old Jevario Buie was fatally shot on April 17, 2024, in Tampa near the 1400 block of W. Busch Blvd. Officers found Jevario near the railroad tracks between Busch Blvd. and Rome Ave. just after 3:30 pm; he died at the scene. Surveillance video released by police shows two persons of interest, described as presumably young men, walking alongside Jevario on W. Busch Boulevard shortly before the shooting.

Family members say Jevario may have been lured to the location by someone he trusted. His grandfather, Michael Baldwin, said Jevario went near the train tracks thinking he was going to stand up to a bully but was ambushed and killed by a group; the family believes one of the people involved may have been someone Jevario considered a friend. No arrests have been announced. A $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest, and tips can be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay.

If anyone knew Jevario, saw him near Busch Boulevard that afternoon, or recognizes the people in the released footage, please come forward with what you know.