FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — Three men were arrested after a fight at a Halloween party on Robinson Drive escalated into armed threats and gunfire early Sunday, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responding to a reported weapons disturbance spoke with a man who said he had been talking with Braxton Samuels, 22, in a garage when Samuels used a racial slur and punched him in the face. Another partygoer intervened, grabbing Samuels and tackling him to the ground.
One of the alleged victims told deputies that Logan DaSilva, 18, and Iain Smith, 22, then pulled guns and pointed them at him and the partygoer who intervened. Both victims said they tried to leave while being held at gunpoint.
As the victims got into a vehicle, a gunshot was fired in an unknown direction, according to the sheriff’s office. One victim told deputies he believed DaSilva fired the shot.
During the investigation, Smith told deputies he owned two firearms. Deputies located one in his vehicle and another inside his residence.
Deputies also interviewed Samuels at his home. According to the sheriff’s office, Samuels admitted he had pulled a firearm during the incident and fired a shot into the ground. He told deputies DaSilva also fired into the ground.
Charges against the three Palm Coast residents were:
- Braxton Samuels: Battery, improper exhibition of a firearm and discharging a firearm on residential property.
- Logan DaSilva: Two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, improper exhibition of a firearm and discharging a firearm on residential property.
- Iain Smith: Two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill.
“These three idiots turned a fun party into a Halloween nightmare, and I’m thankful nobody was seriously injured or killed as a result of their actions,” Sheriff Rick Staly said.
All three were booked into the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility and later released on bond. Samuels’ bond was $3,000, DaSilva’s was $15,000 and Smith’s was $10,000.
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