A juvenile was shot late Tuesday night in the Jordana Way area of Holiday, and the suspect fled before deputies could arrive, leaving investigators with an active manhunt and a community on edge. The shooting happened around 11:05 p.m., and the juvenile was taken to a hospital with injuries that officials described as non-life-threatening.
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is actively searching for the suspect responsible, according to Tampa Bay 28, which first reported the shooting. Officials said the incident appeared to be an isolated one, though the investigation remains ongoing as deputies work to identify who pulled the trigger and why.
An Isolated Event, But Not the First in the Area
The Jordana Way corridor sits in the 34691 zip code and includes multi-family housing developments such as the Park at Wellington II apartment complex, per Trulia, just west of major routes like U.S. Highway 19. The neighborhood falls under District 3 Patrol Operations, within the Zulu and Ida sectors of the Pasco Sheriff's Office, which covers law enforcement response across western Pasco County from Ridge Road down to the Pinellas County line, according to the agency's own budget documentation.
This is not the first time deputies have responded to gun violence involving a juvenile in Holiday. In February 2025, Pasco Sheriff's deputies responded to a late-night altercation on Weston Oaks Drive after a juvenile shot an adult male around 11:40 p.m., an incident in which both individuals required emergency medical treatment, as reported by FOX 13 Tampa Bay. Just this past June, detectives also opened a separate shooting investigation in the nearby Roxbury Drive area of Holiday after finding an adult male with gunshot wounds late at night, though authorities determined there was no ongoing public safety threat following that case.
What Comes Next for the Suspect, Legally
Should the suspect in Tuesday's shooting be identified and arrested, Florida law leaves little room for leniency. Intentionally shooting and injuring someone is classified as aggravated battery with a deadly weapon under Florida Statute § 784.045, a second-degree felony carrying up to 15 years in prison, 15 years of probation, and a $10,000 fine, according to Online Sunshine, the state's official statutes portal.
The penalties could climb further under the state's so-called “10-20-Life” law. Florida Statute § 775.087 mandates a minimum 20-year prison sentence for discharging a firearm during a felony like aggravated battery, rising to 25 years to life if the discharge causes great bodily harm — sentencing enhancements that leave judges with no discretion to go below the statutory floor.
Holiday's Broader Crime Picture
Holiday residents face roughly a 1-in-297 annual risk of becoming a victim of violent crime, translating to a rate of about 3 incidents per 1,000 residents, according to crime data compiled by NeighborhoodScout. That puts Holiday's overall crime rate above roughly 69 percent of Florida cities and towns tracked by the same analysis.
Hoodline previously reported on a fatal Roxbury shooting in the same community, underscoring that gun violence investigations are not new to this stretch of Pasco County. Similar isolated shootings have also drawn deputies to other pockets of the county this year, including nonfatal gunfire in Land O' Lakes and a stabbing-and-shooting case in Wesley Chapel.
How Residents Can Help
Anyone with information about the suspect or the circumstances surrounding the shooting is asked to contact the Pasco Sheriff's Office non-emergency line at (727) 847-8102, option 7, or the Crime Tips Line at 1-800-706-2488. Tips can also be submitted online through PascoSheriff.com, though the agency stresses that active emergencies should always be reported through 911.
Journalists and members of the public seeking dispatch logs or incident reports tied to the case should note that the Pasco Sheriff's Office migrated its public records request system from GovQA to JustFOIA just two days before the shooting, on September 7. Public records requests in Florida fall under Chapter 119 of the Florida Statutes, and the new portal will process all incoming applications going forward.
For now, the relationship between the suspect and the juvenile victim, the specific firearm involved, and the precise circumstances that led to the 11:05 p.m. shooting remain unknown. The Pasco County Sheriff's Office says the investigation is ongoing as it works to track down the person responsible.
