Two men were hospitalized late Tuesday night, one of them with multiple gunshot wounds, after a road rage incident that had begun on Belle Terre Parkway escalated and involved another individual when the participants were in the drive-thru of the McDonald’s at the corner of Palm Coast Parkway and Belle Terre Parkway.
Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the scene at 10:20 p.m.
A 61-year-old resident of Daytona North, also known as the Mondex, was shot several times by a 50-year-old Palm Coast man firing a small-caliber weapon. The 61-year-old was taken to Halifax hospital in Daytona Beach after treatment at the scene by Flagler County Fire Rescue and Palm Coast Fire Department paramedics.
The younger man was not injured. He went to a local hospital for evaluation, suggesting that mental health may have played a role in the shooting. He was not under arrest as of this writing.
“It’s actually two different incidents,” Sheriff Rick Staly said in an interview. “One was a road-rage incident on Belle Terre that two drivers were involved in had separated, but then arrived together at the McDonald’s at Belle Terre Parkway and Palm Coast Parkway, and a verbal argument ensued. A third person intervened. The original road rage people separated themselves, and then a secondary argument occurred resulting in the shooting.”
The 50-year-old shooter was part of the original road rage incident. The person who was shot was not. He was “shot multiple times, but is in stable condition and is expected to survive,” the sheriff said. Three of the four individuals involved had been outside their vehicles, in the twin-drive-thru lanes, at the time of the shooting.
Other customers and restaurant employees were around. “Our detectives have talked to all of them,” Staly said. “It’s still an active investigation. We’re having to get search warrants to obtain evidence we believe is inside one of the cars. Both cars have been impounded at our CSI facility and processing center.” Some of the evidence may confirm the number of rounds fired. Detectives are working on determining the relationships between the people involved.
It isn’t yet clear whether charges will follow. The sheriff said detectives are working with the State Attorney’s Office on the next steps. “But there’s not a threat to the community. We have identified everybody involved,” the sheriff said. “This was a circumstances where a lot of anger collided together.”
Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to call the non-emergency line at 386-313-4911 or Crime Stoppers at 1-888-277-TIPS (8477).
“It’s better to disengage in a road rage incident than to engage and continue it,” the sheriff said. “It’s better to call law enforcement. Let us investigate [rather] than let the anger spiral out of control to the point that it includes the use of firearms or anything else.”
Joe D says
I don’t know the PARTICULARS of the incident yet, but in the age where PRACTICALLY EVERYONE can ( and in Florida frequently DOES), own a firearm…flaring tempers which used to result in verbal arguments and potentially FIST FIGHTS…now FREQUENTLY involve GUNFIRE…how SAD!
I’ve NEVER owned a firearm (despite growing up in a hunting family where my father taught us SAFE 22 caliber and shotgun use/safety). But now moving to Florida…in the “land of the free.” I’ve now decided I’m PROBABLY going to have to buy /carry 1-2 firearms to FEEL like I’m PROTECTING MYSELF and my family, “just” in case!”
Atwp says
Sad situation, these men are too old for this stuff. Thank God no one was killed. The world we live in.
FlaPharmTech says
Boys, there’s plenty of space in Trump’s thunder dome to accommodate your murderous phallic desires.
A Concerned Observer says
What, in your addled, smoke-filled brain leads you to tie President Trump to this isolated, criminal incident? You, and others of your ilk, are part of the division within our society today, blaming someone you have a particular grudge with for completely unelated events. It’s your “phallic desires” that feed this attitude. You are part of the problem, not the solution.
TR says
Finally someone who gets it and you hit the nail 100% on the head.
Laurel says
“Phallic desires” Seriously?
OMG! 😂
Thank you Drs. Concerned and TR!
Brian says
HAHAHAHAHA I knew it – it’s that damn TRUMP again!
Maybe its their parking lot design? says
That ridiculous drive through design at that McDonalds requiring you to pull in circle the restaurant then enter drive through lane where you are now trapped if the kitchen has a melt down you cannot just leave, you’re stuck in line. Parking lots designed like that such as chick fil A as well are why I do not carry a gun, for I understand rage. That restaurant is not even an option for me on my half hour lunch break. Im surprised not shootings weekly there!
Me says
Grown men acting like child bullies. Grow up and learn how to control your temper.
bill says
retired LEO 28 years in PD , i don’t carry anEDC. these people were probably never in law enforcement . do they get professoonal training twice a year like i did, highly probably not . do they think about “After The Shot” now whats next . stupid people feeling big with a gun. .carry one like i did for almost 30 years and you want nothing to do with it except at home your home too many stupid people out there who never had to make decisions every dat like police officers. it would be interesting to see what they did for a career during their life. I’m sure they were not law enforceable officers.
Laurel says
Hey, if somebody cuts you off, let it go. If someone is driving too slow, let it go. Look at it this way: If someone pulls a stunt, just let it go off into space. You can turn it into one second of displeasure or you can drag it along with you for months, or even worse. Which do you prefer?
Wow says
Florida Man and his twin.
Laurel says
Florida man is almost always someone from somewhere else.
JimboXYZ says
“This was a circumstances where a lot of anger collided together.”
The village idiots circled back around for the shooting after the road rage incident.
“It’s better to disengage in a road rage incident than to engage and continue it,” the sheriff said. “It’s better to call law enforcement. Let us investigate [rather] than let the anger spiral out of control to the point that it includes the use of firearms or anything else.”
Best advice ever, pull off the road, let that a**h*le go to wherever they are going. Just report the aggressive driving & let the police pull him over and figure out what his mental crisis may or may not be. This was a 10 PM shooting, getting to the point where you can’t wait out traffic for the growth in Alfinville even. Surrounded by idiots, we are all a coincidental occurrence away from meeting these types. These are morons nobody would invite over to their home, bad enough McDonald’s is a feeding trough for the lazier human being. That corner of an intersection has had more than it’s share of crime, the Circle K is a gun range with all the shootings & criminal activity there just since 2019 (“Shootout at the Circle K Corral” is what I called that). When I moved here, was warned that the area was a higher crime rate. Just to the south was the laundromat shooting too. avoid that area, it seems to attract the local imbeciles.
Richard Token says
You and your long, endless, mindless rants are the only thing imbecile
Capt Bill Hanagan says
Men would rather shoot each other at McDonalds than go to therapy
Laurel says
They left without their Happy Meal.
demellio says
Allegedly the shooter was Baker Acted. If that’s true, people eligible for Baker Act shouldn’t have guns.
Here’s the thing, though– every gun law on the books hasn’t stopped a damn thing. so conjuring up new laws is pointless. Criminals and crazy people can still get guns and they clearly and obviously don’t care about any damned laws.That’s why they’re crazy criminals to begin with.
This shooting was pointless. The shooter should be prosecuted for attempted murder. The only threat in this scenario is the food at that particular McDonalds drive-through. I ate there one time. Never again!
Beretta says
Someone needs to go to prison. Forever.