Overview
- Tampa police identified the driver as 22-year-old Silas Sampson, who was arrested and booked into the Hillsborough County Jail.
- Sampson faces four counts of vehicular homicide and four counts of aggravated fleeing causing serious injury or death, all first-degree felonies.
- An air unit spotted a silver sedan driving recklessly around 12:40 a.m. after reports of street racing, and Florida Highway Patrol attempted a PIT maneuver before disengaging.
- The vehicle later struck a crowd outside Bradley’s on the 1500 block of E 7th Avenue in Ybor City; police confirmed no shots were fired.
- Authorities report four fatalities and 11 injured adults being treated at local hospitals, while city leaders offer condolences and say the investigation remains active.