DELTONA, Fla. - The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is expected to release body camera video of a shootout involving a 12-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl on Tuesday evening.
Sheriff Mike Chitwood said deputies were met with gunfire on multiple occasions as they pursued the two juveniles.Law enforcement eventually cornered the kids inside a home on Enterprise Osteen Road.
After several hours of attempting to negotiate with the two juveniles, Sheriff Chitwood said deputies returned fire in self-defense, wounding the girl.
The girl is now out of surgery and in stable condition. The boy is being questioned by authorities. During a late evening news conference, Sheriff Chitwood explained that this all began shortly after 5 p.m.