Samuel Sammy Eli Caraballo was 23 when he was fatally shot inside a residence at Mel Mar Village Mobile Home Park in Bradenton on the morning of February 1, 2024. According to his girlfriend, Alexis Crawford, the shooting began during a confrontation started by 36-year-old Jeremy Marshall, who accused people in the home of stealing his belongings. Crawford said Samuel was unarmed and sitting at the dining table and not involved in the dispute. Marshall allegedly pointed a gun at Crawford twice, then shot Samuel in the side of the head. Deputies attempted aid but Samuel died within minutes.

Marshall fled but was later arrested by Manatee County deputies and charged with murder—dangerous depraved without premeditation; he is being held without bond. Crawford has suggested others present may have provided the firearm or helped set Samuel up; no additional arrests had been reported and the investigation was ongoing. Samuel, born August 6, 2000, was remembered by family as a kindhearted son, brother, and father to a two-year-old daughter; his father Daniel Caraballo held a fundraiser for funeral expenses.

If anyone was at the home that morning or has information about who supplied the firearm, please share what is known.