David Jewell, 45, was shot and killed on September 15, 2025, inside a Circle K in Ormond-by-the-Sea, just north of Ormond Beach, Florida. The Volusia Sheriff’s Office says the off-duty Edgewater police officer walked into the store around 4:08 p.m. A clerk briefly stepped outside to a car, returned, and then opened fire at close range. Surveillance video described by investigators shows multiple shots to Jewell’s head; deputies later recovered 24 shell casings and counted at least 20 gunshot wounds.

Detectives identified and arrested 24-year-old Circle K employee Eduardo Felipe Labrada Machado, who was taken into custody the night of the shooting and booked on first-degree murder. Investigators say Machado retrieved a jacket from his vehicle before carrying out the attack, then later confessed that he’d been having a bad day, had thought about shooting Jewell earlier that day, and feared him—without indicating he knew Jewell was a police officer. A second employee originally detained was treated as a witness.

A judge ordered Machado held without bond the day after the killing. On September 18 a judge granted a defense request to seal Machado’s confession from public release; court filings also show a written not guilty plea.

If anyone was at the Circle K that afternoon or has information about what led up to the shooting, please share what is known with investigators.