- June 15, 2026
On Sunday afternoon, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Palm Coast man after he entered a home of a former acquaintance on Big Bear Lane uninvited and threatened a mother and her two children before she shot him.
Around 1:50 p.m. on Sunday, Flagler Emergency Communications received a call from a homeowner who reported she had shot a man who had entered her home. Deputies arrived within minutes and found blood evidence at the scene, but the man and his vehicle had left the scene.
Detectives determined the man, identified as Michael McDonald, 33, of Palm Coast, was known to the homeowner and arrived uninvited and unexpected. McDonald lifted open the garage door then left the garage and banged on a back window before entering through the front door.
Once inside, McDonald aggressively confronted the homeowner and her two children in the foyer and made threats. The homeowner repeatedly ordered McDonald to leave and warned him she would shoot. When he continued advancing toward her, she fired one round, striking him in the arm. McDonald then fled in a silver Kia SUV.
Deputies located McDonald’s vehicle a short time later at AdventHealth Hospital, where they conducted a felony stop and detained him. Deputies then took McDonald inside the hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
The homeowner and her two children were not injured.
“Florida is a stand your ground state and when someone invades your home and threatens you and your family, they will likely be shot,” said Sheriff Rick Staly. “I strongly support the 2nd amendment, and this is proof why you we have the stand your ground law. This violent re-offender has not learned his lesson. Hopefully, he will now as his bad decision could have cost him his life.”
Deputies arrested McDonald for burglary with assault. He was transported to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility, where he is being held without bond pending arraignment.
McDonald has a criminal history that includes arrests for grand theft, possession of controlled substances, resisting, obstruction, possession with intent to sell, DUI, and robbery with a firearm.
The investigation is active and ongoing.
Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to contact the FCSO non-emergency line at 386-313-4911 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-888-277-TIPS.
