Seth Billingsley, 26, was fatally shot in the early hours of Sunday, May 17, 2026, on Abalone Boulevard in the Wedgefield neighborhood of east Orange County, Florida. Deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office found him with a gunshot wound about 12:30 a.m.; he was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and later died. The death is being treated as a homicide.

Neighbors said they heard two shots and saw a person lying on their back across the street. Witnesses reported investigators detained an individual believed to be a teenager just steps from the scene and that the alleged shooter lived across the street and knew Billingsley. A relative of the suspected individual told reporters the youth had been arrested in connection with the shooting, but the Sheriff’s Office had not released any names or formally announced an arrest.

The investigation remains active and authorities have been guarded about motive. If anyone in Wedgefield that night saw or heard anything that could help, please come forward with information.