HOLLY HILL, Fla. (TCD) — Police arrested a 33-year-old man this week on suspicion of trying to kill another man during an argument.
On Wednesday, Jan. 17, shortly after 2:40 a.m., the Holly Hill Police Department responded to the 100 block of Harter Drive in reference to a person shot. Officers found a 44-year-old victim with an apparent gunshot wound to his head.
Police identified Christopher Hastings as the primary suspect, and with the help of the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office and the Dayton Beach Police Department, officers arrested Hastings within eight minutes of the initial call. Officers stopped Hastings in a vehicle in the 300 block of Ridgewood Avenue, and they recovered the firearm believed to have been used in the shooting.
Further investigation revealed Hastings and the victim reportedly got into a dispute at a friend’s residence in the 100 block of Flomich Avenue, during which Hastings allegedly shot the victim outside the home in the street.
According to police, even with the gunshot wound to the head, the victim walked to another friend’s home to alert police. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports the victim walked a mile before calling for help.
Holly Hill Police Chief Jeff Miller told the paper the victim was hospitalized at the Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach and was alive but unconscious as of Wednesday, Jan. 17. Police said the victim is in serious condition.
Hastings remains held in the Volusia County Jail on a charge of attempted second-degree murder. He had previously been arrested on suspicion of domestic battery and possession of marijuana and cocaine.
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