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.