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Three Arrested After Bullet Lands Under Sleeping Woman’s Pillow in DeLand New Year’s Gunfire

Arrest affidavits cite witness accounts plus roughly 30 casings as the case moves to criminal court.

Overview

  • Volusia deputies arrested Axel Gomez, 21, on a charge of shooting into an occupied dwelling after New Year’s gunfire struck a DeLand home.
  • Amy Gomez, 25, and Ken Newbold, 25, were arrested on charges of recklessly discharging a firearm in a residential area.
  • Investigators documented five bullet holes on the exterior, drywall debris in the bedroom, and a round that stopped inches from where two people slept.
  • A neighbor reported seeing four people firing near Daytona Park Estates, and deputies later recovered about 30 shell casings plus a gun from the suspects’ vehicle glovebox.
  • The suspects gave conflicting statements about who fired, and the affidavit says they claimed they did not know discharging firearms in residential areas is illegal.