On July 4, 2023, 7-year-old Yitzian Torres Garcia was fatally shot while celebrating the Fourth of July with his grandfather, Juan Carlos Hernandez, along the Courtney Campbell Causeway in Tampa, Florida. Two groups of men, unrelated to Yitzian and his grandfather, argued about jet skis operating too close to children in the water. The dispute escalated into an exchange of gunfire. Hernandez grabbed Yitzian and pulled him into his pickup truck trying to protect him; a bullet pierced the truck, struck Hernandez’s hand and fatally hit Yitzian in the head. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

Yitzian was visiting his grandparents from Puerto Rico and was described by family as cheerful and full of life; he had been planning a summer that included a trip to Disney World for his upcoming eighth birthday but was buried in Puerto Rico before that date. The Tampa Police Department, the FBI and the ATF are investigating, and no arrests have been announced. A reward has been increased to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest.

Does anyone who was at the Courtney Campbell Causeway that night or nearby have information that could help identify the shooters?