A family of four was sleeping in their DeLand home when it was struck by several gunshots, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. “We’re just very lucky to be alive and it could have had a different ending,” the wife and mother said.One bullet penetrated the wall and entered their bedroom.”My seven-year-old was in the bed with us in the middle. My four-year-old luckily, he normally sleeps in our bed and just by the Grace of God he wasn’t in there that night. He fell asleep in his own room,” the mother explained.The mother discovered the bullet.”The bullet was right by my pillow. I remember it being very hot and that’s when I grabbed my son and went into the other bedroom ’cause we didn’t know what else was coming in.”Deputies found five bullet holes on the exterior of the house.Surveillance footage captured several individuals on 6th Avenue, one street over. A witness informed deputies that he saw four people in a backyard, with a couple of them taking turns firing into the ground to celebrate the New Year. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood reported that 30 rounds were fired into the ground.”You know you got a couple of 20-year-olds, obviously they’re drinking. One of them had just purchased a firearm and let’s go out half drunk and fire into the ground. What could possibly go wrong?” Chitwood said.According to VSO, deputies found shell casings at a nearby residence in Daytona Park Estates, and a witness who saw four people firing a gun.When the suspects returned to the nearby residence, deputies say they found a gun inside their vehicle. Axel Gomez, 21, was arrested on the charge of shooting into an occupied dwelling. Amy Gomez, 25, and Ken Newbold, 25, are facing charges of recklessly discharging a firearm in a residential area.
A family of four was sleeping in their DeLand home when it was struck by several gunshots, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.
“We’re just very lucky to be alive and it could have had a different ending,” the wife and mother said.
One bullet penetrated the wall and entered their bedroom.
“My seven-year-old was in the bed with us in the middle. My four-year-old luckily, he normally sleeps in our bed and just by the Grace of God he wasn’t in there that night. He fell asleep in his own room,” the mother explained.
The mother discovered the bullet.
“The bullet was right by my pillow. I remember it being very hot and that’s when I grabbed my son and went into the other bedroom ’cause we didn’t know what else was coming in.”
Deputies found five bullet holes on the exterior of the house.
Surveillance footage captured several individuals on 6th Avenue, one street over. A witness informed deputies that he saw four people in a backyard, with a couple of them taking turns firing into the ground to celebrate the New Year. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood reported that 30 rounds were fired into the ground.
“You know you got a couple of 20-year-olds, obviously they’re drinking. One of them had just purchased a firearm and let’s go out half drunk and fire into the ground. What could possibly go wrong?” Chitwood said.
According to VSO, deputies found shell casings at a nearby residence in Daytona Park Estates, and a witness who saw four people firing a gun.
When the suspects returned to the nearby residence, deputies say they found a gun inside their vehicle.
Axel Gomez, 21, was arrested on the charge of shooting into an occupied dwelling.
Amy Gomez, 25, and Ken Newbold, 25, are facing charges of recklessly discharging a firearm in a residential area.