Overview
- Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said there were zero shots on the sand and blamed the beach run on bottle-crushing noises mistaken for gunfire.
- Daytona Beach police are investigating four separate shootings from March 13–14 at locations off the beach, with three people wounded and expected to recover.
- Investigators say none of the confirmed shootings occurred on the beach or are linked to the viral footage of crowds fleeing along the shoreline.
- Law enforcement reported about 133 arrests across Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach and six weapons seized during the unsanctioned, social-media-driven gathering.
- In a separate incident, South Daytona Officer Jake Fessenden was shot during a Sunday pursuit; suspect Todd Martin, 31, was critically injured after barricading himself in a burning patrol vehicle.