CHILD INJURED DURING SHOOTING NEAR DELAND

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Friday night shooting near DeLand that sent an 11-year-old boy to the hospital with a gunshot wound to his shoulder.

The Sheriff’s Office was notified at approximately 10:03 p.m. that someone had driven by 106 Kendra Ave. and opened fire with a handgun, spraying the front yard with multiple bullets. Pompilio Bolanos, 27, told responding deputies that he, his wife, his brother and his nephew were standing in his brother's front yard when a car sped by down the road, turned around and came back, and stopped in front of his house. The car’s windows were down and Bolanos could see four males inside. The front passenger suddenly pointed a handgun out the window and Bolanos heard about six shots fired. The car then sped away. The nephew, Marcos Bolanos, said he had been shot, and family members quickly put him in a car and drove to Florida Hospital DeLand while others called 911 to report this incident. Marcos sustained one gunshot wound to his shoulder that was not life threatening.

Bolanos told deputies that the shooting might have stemmed from a verbal argument his family had earlier in the evening with a group of Hispanic males they had been having an ongoing feud with. The investigation is still active at this time. Further information will be released as it becomes available. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at (386) 736-5999 or Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida, toll-free, at (888) 277-TIPS. Tipsters can also provide information by texting “TIP231 plus the message” to CRIMES. Anyone who provides information to Crime Stoppers will remain anonymous and can qualify for a reward of up to $1,000.