Tuesday 20 September 2022 09:17 PM Teen shot dead by driver after he accidentally got into the wrong car- but ... trends now
A student was gunned to death by a driver after he accidentally got into the wrong car following a night celebrating his 19th birthday with his friends.
Carson Senfield, from Buffalo, New York, was shot dead at 1am on Saturday when he entered the stranger's vehicle by mistake - but the shooter was not arrested for the fatality.
The University of Tampa sophomore, who was not known to the driver, was shot in the upper body after hanging out with his friends all evening.
The teen was pronounced dead at the scene in Tampa, Florida, and the driver is co-operating with the police.
He had just got out of an Uber that brought him near his home on West Arch Street when he then tried to get into another car.
The driver inside that car said he was in fear of his life when he shot and killed Seinfeld, according to investigators.
Carson Senfield, from Buffalo, New York, was shot dead at 1am when he entered the stranger's vehicle by mistake, just one day after celebrating his 19th birthday
The University of Tampa sophomore, who was not known to the driver did, was shot in the upper body after an evening hanging out with his friends
The scene near West Arch Street in Tampa, Florida, where the boy was shot and killed when he entered into a stranger's vehicle
Tampa Police Department said that the driver was not arrested - and it's now up to the State Attorney's Office to decide if the shooter was justified in his actions or not.
Florida's 'stand your ground' law permits people using deadly force to defend oneself if they believe they are in imminent danger. Unlike other states' laws, you are not required to try to run away first before engaging in the deadly force.
Carson's heartbroken father Darren Senfield told WGRZ: 'To us, the details will play themselves out. We don't have our son, we're mourning, we're heartbroken, we're devastated.
'It was a senseless tragedy that we're still trying to figure out, but at this point, it doesn't really matter, we don't have our Carson with us.
'We spoke with him two days before he was celebrating his birthday with friends on Friday evening.
The teen's heartbroken family paid tribute to him after the tragic death
They set up a GoFundMe in a bid to create a college fund in his memory
'He enjoyed his people whether they were in West New York or his people in Tampa. He was such a generator of great vibes.'
