ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — What was supposed to be a night of remembrance turned ugly Monday night. Emotions ran so high at a memorial for a teenager killed in a hit and run, that Orange County Sheriff's deputies had to be called.
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Anthony Rodriguez was killed by a hit and run driver last week and his brother Miguel was injured. But investigators haven't been able to prove the car's owner was behind the wheel.
The case has been so emotional, it turned violent Monday night.
People who were attending Monday night's memorial service attacked a WFTV crew, as well as other members of the media.
The attack happened after the service ended.
Witnesses said the victim's father confronted a news crew which was outside the service. As WFTV cameras recorded that scene, other people who were at the service jumped the crew, leaving a WFTV photographer with minor injuries.
Hundreds attended the memorial at the Saint Andrews Catholic Church to remember 15-year-old Anthony Rodriguez.
"It's rough, it's really rough. My wife is not doing well at all. I mean, she has to see her son in a box," said George Torres, Anthony's father.
Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol said 29-year-old Eric Wydra is still a suspect in the hit and run. Wydra owns the white Pontiac, which hit the boys, but FHP is still working to gather evidence to prove he was behind the wheel when the Rodriguez boys were hit. Wydra has denied any involvement.
On Monday, the Florida Highway Patrol revealed it has new evidence in the case, including a post on the social networking website Facebook. Troopers said Wydra wrote that he hit a deer.
Troopers also obtained a copy of a video from a resident that resides in the same neighborhood that Wydra lived at last week, after the resident contacted FHP.
"He needs to go ahead and be a real man about it and come clean, figure out. If it wasn't him and it was his son, they need to go ahead and come clean. That's the smartest thing he can do right now," said Jose Colon, Anthony's uncle.
On Monday night, Orange County Sheriff's deputies were investigating the attack on WFTV's photographer. They interviewed witnesses as well as the people involved, but have not made any arrests.