The FBI is now offering a $10,000 reward in the Fort Lauderdale drive-by shooting that left a 3-year-old dead earlier this month, matching a previous Crime Stoppers reward.
FBI officials on Tuesday announced the new reward in the July 21 shooting that claimed the life of Rylo Yancy.
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Yancy had been attending another child's birthday party at Riverland Park when the drive-by shooting unfolded. He was hit by the gunfire and died from his injuries.
FBI officials said more than 20 shots were fired at people attending the party.
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Fort Lauderdale Police later located and recovered both vehicles involved in the shooting, including a 2024 red Mercedes-Benz C 300 and a 2017 black Mercedes-Benz C 300.
But no arrests have been made.
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Yancy is the second toddler in as many weeks to have been shot during a gang-related shooting in Fort Lauderdale, FBI officials said.
On July 8, a drive-by shooting left a man and woman dead and a 2-year-old and two other people injured. The shocking crime was caught on surveillance video.
Police said they are working around the clock to find whoever is responsible for the shootings.
The FBI's reward is separate fromthe $10,000 reward being offered by Broward Crime Stoppers in the shooting of Yancy.
Anyone with information is asked to call authorities at 954-828-6673 or Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.
