A conflict among men in Florida allegedly resulted in a “drive-by” shooting at a park that fatally injured a 3-year-old boy who was attending a kid’s birthday party, according to authorities. More than 20 shots were said to have been fired at an attendee of the party, which was themed “Sesame Street.”

The Fort Lauderdale police announced on Thursday that they had concluded the investigation into Rylo Yancy’s July 2024 shooting death and had arrested all suspects connected to the murder charges, as stated in a press release.

One of the suspects, Andrew St. Louis, made a court appearance on Saturday after being apprehended in Tennessee. He faces charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and firearm-related conspiracy to commit murder.

Co-defendants Tommie Allen, 19, Antonio Carter, 20, and Tyler Hollins, 21, are also charged with the same offenses related to Rylo’s murder. A fifth suspect, Thaddeus Squire III, was charged with being an accessory after the fact in relation to the shooting.

The incident took place around 4:30 p.m. during a birthday celebration at Riverland Park, located at 950 SW 27th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, according to the police. More than 20 shots were discharged at individuals attending the party. Investigators identified two cars used in the incident, a 2022 red Mercedes Benz sedan and a 2017 black Mercedes Benz sedan.

Squire told cops in interviews that he was driving one of the two cars and that Hollins was with him, according to court depositions provided by police. A witness who allegedly met up with the pair earlier in the day also confirmed this, per the court documents.

Squire claimed Hollins, who is also known as “Freak” or “T-Freak,” was the “trigger person” in his car “at the time that they did the drive-by at the park, and ultimately … the murder of RY,” according to court documents. Police say Squire told investigators “the path that they took in the park” and what transpired beforehand, as did the female witness.

“[The suspects] in the red Mercedes, they had a gun,” the female witness alleged in a July 8 Zoom deposition. “They were like flashing the gun, making jokes. ‘Oh. I’ll shoot you.’ And I felt, like, a little bit uncomfortable.”

The woman claimed Hollins was “waving a firearm” as well and “talking to the people in the red car, making jokes about shooting each other,” according to court documents. Squire told police that he and Hollins “caught word” that their “opps, aka the opposition,” was present at Riverland Park. The pair allegedly saw one of the men they had beef with “post on Instagram where he was, and that’s why they went there.”

After seeing news reports about the shooting, the girl allegedly messaged Squire about what happened. “I text him, and I was like, ‘What’s going on?'” the woman claimed during her deposition.

“Then he called me and he was like, ‘Oh, okay. I’m just going to like tell you now what happened at the park with the baby’ — this is his words — ‘my dogs did that,'” the woman alleged. “He said that they were trying to get a person, I guess who they had beef with or whatever, and it hit the baby instead of the person who they were trying to get.”

Hollins and Squire were both charged in March. The others were charged this month and accused of being in the other Mercedes.

Rylo’s grandfather, Herrold Pough, told Miami station WPLG, “I can never heal, just when you think you are getting over it the rain comes storming again.”

FLPD Sgt. Don Geiger said last week that the “beef” stemmed from an argument and “a patron at the party” was being targeted by the group.

“Because of the acts of these cowards right here, a baby is killed because they had a beef with someone else at the party and they couldn’t control their anger,” Geiger said.