The Brief
- A Bay Area golf tournament is benefitting a local teen battling a rare form of leukemia.
- 17-year-old Joshua Wells is the son of Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Lieutenant Chris Wells.
- 96 golfers played on Saturday. All proceeds were donated to the Wells family.
TAMPA – A Bay Area non-profit hosted a golf tournament to benefit the family of a Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Lieutenant whose son is battling a rare form of Leukemia.
Lt. Chris Wells is a father of eight. His oldest son, 17-year-old Joshua Wells, was diagnosed with Leukemia in December 2023.
“He has B-Cells all with a Philadelphia chromosome, which is a little bit more of a rare and aggressive type of leukemia,” says Lt. Wells.…