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Child playing video games nearly shot during drive-by in Deltona, officials say

DELTONA, Fla. — Investigators in Volusia County have made an arrest one month after a drive-by shooting in Deltona that could have ended in tragedy.

Deputies said there was a 12-year-old boy inside the home on Buccaneer Avenue during the shooting.

In a video released by the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, debris is seen flying as the bullets go into the living room and the muzzle flashes every time the gun fires.

The back-to-back gunfire pierced through the home in the evening of Oct. 13.

Nine bullets that went through the window and the front door at the house, deputies said.

Deputies said the 12-year-old was in the living room playing video games when bullets whizzed past.

Gabrielle Lombardi, a girlfriend of the child’s father, tried to delete the doorbell video of the shooting after the incident instead of going to law enforcement, deputies said.

Lombardi went to jail for allegedly tampering with evidence and lying to police.

Investigators said the child nearly died because his Lombardi picked up the suspected shooter's UPS delivery.

No one is saying why or what the delivery contained.

Deputies said Michael Lawson was livid over the box falling into the wrong hands and he allegedly used an AK-47 assault rifle in the drive-by.

Lawson is now facing attempted murder charges, according to court records.

Detectives said bullet holes that were found in the living room wall just narrowly missed the 12-year-old.