- December 4, 2025
7:21 a.m. — First block of South Yonge Street, Ormond Beach
Fight. A 41-year-old Ormond Beach man was trespassed from a local gas station convenience store after an altercation over a cup of ice.
The man told police that he often frequents the store in the mornings to fill his personal cup with ice, and that the cashier usually working at that time allows this at no extra charge. That morning, however, there was a different cashier, and she told him he needed to pay 75 cents for the ice.
According to a police incident report, the man went outside to get his wallet and when he came back, the cashier had moved his cup behind the counter. When he asked for his cup, attempting to hand her a dollar, he said the cashier refused to give it back. Then, he asked her to dump the ice and just give him back the cup, but the cashier refused.
The man went outside to call police, and when he came back inside, he went around the counter to try and get his cup. The cashier moved it away from him, placing it behind her body, and as he was reaching around her, three men entered the store and pulled him away. One of the men struck him in the face.
The men told police they heard the cashier calling for help and spotted the man behind the counter. Thinking that a crime was taking place, the men got involved.
The cashier told police she refused to give the cup to the man until he paid for the ice, stating the man had been arguing about the price. She asked that he be trespassed.
9:38 a.m. — 800 block of Airport Road, Ormond Beach
Person shot. Police officers responded to a call about a person shot after a 38-year-old Deltona man accidentally fired his gun while retrieving it from his waistband.
According to a police incident report, the man was found laying on the grass on the side of the road by his friend's pickup truck. Deputies who arrived on the scene first applied a tourniquet to his right leg and the man was transported to the hospital as a trauma alert.
The man's friend told police his friend had asked him for permission to leave his gun in the truck when he soon heard a gunshot and called 911.
Officers went to the hospital to speak with the man, who said he fired a round into his right testicle while removing the gun from his waistband. He pulled the bullet out himself, the report states.
