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20-year-old Harrison Boonstoppel has been identified as the second victim killed in shooting during Halloween celebrations in Ybor City.
Harrison Boonstoppel’s twin sister, Ava, shared a post on Facebook confirming his demise.
Below is what she wrote on Facebook.
“I never thought I would make a post like this,” wrote Ava Boonstoppel, Harrison Boonstoppel’s twin sister, on Facebook. “On Sunday morning, my twin brother was the victim at the mass shooting in Ybor, another senseless act of gun violence that ended the life of an innocent boy. I am heartbroken and don’t have many words right now, but he was a ray of sunshine and such a funny kid. My other half is gone and I don’t want to accept it, I love you Harrison and I miss you already.”
A 14 year old teenage, Elijah Jaquan Wilson was also killed.
What happened?
Tampa police said at about 3 a.m. Sunday, a fight between two groups of people escalated into gun violence that killed two people, Harrison Boonstoppel and Elijah Jaquan Wilson.
A total of 16 other people were injured in the chaos, 15 of which suffered gunshot wounds.
Tampa police said most of the victims, who were between the ages of 18 and 27, were released from the hospital.
As of 12:30 p.m., the remaining five hospitalized victims were said to be stable with non-life-threatening injuries.
One suspect, 22-year-old Tyrell Stephen Phillips, was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder and remained in jail on no bond Monday. However, detectives are still looking for other people who may have been involved in the deadly shooting.
