Danitto Simpson was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting 24-year-old Donnell Williams at a Daytona Beach apartment complex in 2023—he was convicted of first-degree murder after a four-day trial.
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On Friday morning in Daytona Beach, bystanders pulled one person from a burning car at the intersection of North Williamson Boulevard and Strickland Range Road + first responders declared the victim a trauma alert, transporting them to a hospital + officials said the crash remains under investigation.
An 18-year-old surfer was bitten on his foot at around noon on July 18 near the New Smyrna Beach jetty — the fourth shark bite incident in Volusia County in 2025 — and he was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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