As Deon O Neal Jenkins and a friend sat in a car parked outside a Circle K in Palm Coast in the darkness of an early October morning, a man armed with a high-powered rifle concealed himself behind the gas station.
At 3:34 a.m. on Oct. 12, 2019, the man with the gun emerged from the darkness and within four seconds fired 16 shots at Jenkins, 26, and his friend, said Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly during a press conference on Friday.
Flashes from the gunfire lit up the darkness. One of the bullets pierced Jenkins heart, killing him, a report said. Jenkins friend was hit in the right thigh and survived.