Overview
- Hillsborough County Circuit Chief Judge Christopher Sabella ruled that Silas Kenneth Sampson, 22, will remain jailed without bond on the vehicular homicide counts.
- Sampson now faces 14 charges, including four counts of vehicular homicide along with reckless driving and fleeing-related offenses after additional counts were filed by Florida Highway Patrol.
- Troopers attempted a PIT maneuver near Nebraska and Palm Avenues and say they disengaged roughly 10 seconds before the car entered East 7th Avenue and struck pedestrians outside Bradley’s on 7th.
- Surveillance footage described in the pretrial detention motion shows the car hit a Jeep, jump the curb, and hurl people into a wall and ceiling before coming to rest in an outdoor patio area.
- Investigators noted the odor of alcohol and bloodshot eyes, obtained a warrant for a blood draw after a refusal, and report that more than a dozen people were injured in addition to the four deaths.