- February 26, 2025
9:01 p.m. — 1000 block of West Granada Boulevard, Ormond Beach
Shooting. A 31-year-old Ormond Beach man was driving eastbound on West Granada Boulevard when the vehicle in front of him stopped abruptly. The man was forced to brake hard, leading the driver in the vehicle behind him to do so as well, according to a police report.
The man turned into the left lane, at which point the driver that had been behind him pulled up to his passenger side and rolled their window. The parties exchanged words, and then the man heard gunshots, the report states.
The man adjusted his seat to lay flat in his car to avoid being in the line of gunfire during the shooting, which the report states occurred while both vehicles were in motion. When the gunshots stopped, the man fled to a local gas station, where called police.
Officers reported a tight grouping of bullet holes under his car window's lining, with glass and pieces of plastic inside the passenger seat. There was also a hole in the driver side door's interior.
The man wished to pursue charges.
8:14 a.m. — 1900 block of West Granada Boulevard, Ormond Beach
Petit theft. A manager of a local convenience store is pursuing charges on a Port Orange man and woman suspected of stealing $35 worth of Slim Jims and candy.
According to a police report, the couple had initially frequented the store on Jan. 9, when the theft took place. The overnight employee on shift didn't notice that the man had been grabbing various meat sticks and shoving them in his pants, and only realized the man had stolen them the next morning when he noticed items missing off the counter by the registers.
As the man was grabbing items, police report the woman "was seemingly just browsing the store." The couple grabbed a pizza and asked the employee to cook it for them, and as the employee did that, the man grabbed more candy to steal.
Initially, the store manager told police that they weren't going to press charges because they had no way to identify the couple. However, on the morning of Jan. 16, the woman returned to the store, giving employees a chance to photograph her license plate.
Police soon identified the male suspect, who had an open warrant for driving under the influence.
