Overview
- Authorities identified the driver as Silas Sampson, 22, who was detained at the scene and booked on four counts of vehicular homicide and four counts of aggravated fleeing or eluding causing serious injury or death, all first-degree felonies.
- Tampa police air units had monitored a silver sedan seen street racing before Florida Highway Patrol attempted an unsuccessful PIT maneuver near Nebraska and Palm and then disengaged as the car entered Ybor City.
- The vehicle sped down 7th Avenue and struck people on the outdoor patio of Bradley’s on 7th in the 1500 block of East 7th Avenue, with three victims pronounced dead at the scene and a fourth dying at a hospital.
- Officials said 11 others were injured and all of the victims were adults over the age of 20, with at least one person reported in critical condition at local hospitals.
- Florida Highway Patrol is leading the active investigation, and records show Sampson received a civil citation in September for driving 99 mph in a 70‑mph zone on I‑75.