Deputies: Shooting forces a family to evacuate their home

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a mobile home that had been hit with several gunshots in Deland on Sunday afternoon.

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Deputies said they evacuated the residents from a mobile home.

Investigators said they determined that the shots were stray bullets from a nearby resident who was shooting at a tree while intoxicated.

VCSO said 38-year-old Alex Jordan Kudlack fired about a dozen rounds, several rounds missed the tree, and went into the mobile home behind it on Evergreen Terrace.

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Deputies said the home was occupied by three adults and two children, an infant and a 7-year-old.

VCSO said no one was injured.

Kudlack is facing charges: one count of shooting into a dwelling, one count of using a firearm while under the influence, one count of criminal mischief, and two counts of child endangerment.

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