- December 13, 2025
A 16-year-old Palm Coast boy has been arrested and is facing felony aggravated assault and battery charges for allegedly repeatedly hitting one man with a gun and then pointing that gun at a second man.
The teenager has been charged with robbery with a firearm, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The State Attorney's Office will decide whether or not to charge the 16-year-old as an adult for the alleged crimes.
The incident happened just after midnight on Nov. 16 at a home on Pitt Lane, a Flagler County Sheriff's Office press release said. A witness called 911 and said that several individuals had entered a home on Pitt Lane and attacked a person inside and that a gun had been fired during the altercation.
One victim told Flagler County Sheriff's Office deputies that he and a friend had driven to the home to pick up a package and were attacked by two masked people. Deputies determined the teenager, one of the masked suspects, had followed the first victim into the home, pistol-whipped him in the head with the gun repeatedly and then chased the victim outside, the press release said.
The victim's friend, who had remained in the vehicle, told deputies he ran when a man pointed a gun at him from the driver's side while a women opened the passenger door where the second victim was seated, the press release said.
FCSO deputies investigating the alleged assault determined the teenager stole the first victim's shoes, cell phone and car keys, the press release said. Major Case Unit detectives and deputies found the victim's shoes underneath a bed in the home and the car keys in a dirty cat litter box.
When questioned by detectives, the teen said the gun did go off unintentionally when he fell in the grass outside afterward. The teen said he got rid of the gun and fled the scene, the press release said.
The teenaged suspect was booked at the county jail before he was turned over to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. The incident is still under investigation and anyone with information is asked to contact FCSO Master Detective Adam Gossett at [email protected].
