--- title: Manhunt Continues After Boy, 7, Killed in Florida Drive-by description: Police are on the hunt for four suspects who they say killed a 7-year-old boy in a drive-by shooting in Florida. canonical: https://time.com/4162192/drive-by-shooting-florida/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-28T16:49:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:02:25.812Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Manhunt Continues After 7-Year-Old Boy Killed in Drive-by Shooting og:description: Police are searching for four armed suspects og:url: https://time.com/4162192/drive-by-shooting-florida/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Manhunt Continues After 7-Year-Old Boy Killed in Drive-by Shooting twitter:description: Police are searching for four armed suspects twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Manhunt Continues After 7-Year-Old Boy Killed in Drive-by Shooting  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Dec 28, 2015 4:49 PM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Dec 28, 2015 4:49 PM CUT Police are on the hunt for four suspects who they say [killed a 7-year-old boy in a drive-by shooting](http://miami.cbslocal.com/2015/12/28/search-continues-for-men-who-killed-boy-in-drive-by/ "undefined") in Florida. The child, identified as Amiere Castro, died Sunday inside a Richmond Heights home after the suspects opened fire from a truck and struck him in the head, _CBS_ Miami reports. The boy was visiting family members for the holidays and was watching TV during the shooting, according to _CBS_. Authorities are searching for four men who were inside a white, four-door Dodge Ram with tinted window when it pulled up in front of the house. The motive behind the fatal shooting is unclear. Police say the suspects are armed and dangerous. “They’re armed with at least one high-powered assault type rifle, so do not approach them,” Miami-Dade Police Deputy Director Juan Perez told _CBS_. “What we need you to do is call police immediately.” \[[_CBS_](http://miami.cbslocal.com/2015/12/28/search-continues-for-men-who-killed-boy-in-drive-by/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4162192/drive-by-shooting-florida/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4162192/drive-by-shooting-florida/"},"headline":"Manhunt Continues After 7-Year-Old Boy Killed in Drive-by Shooting","datePublished":"2015-12-28T16:49:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:02:25.812Z","description":"The boy died after being shot in the head","url":"https://time.com/4162192/drive-by-shooting-florida/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4162192/drive-by-shooting-florida/","name":"Manhunt Continues After 7-Year-Old Boy Killed in Drive-by Shooting"}}]}] ```