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Courtesy photo / North Carolina resident Michael Del Vecchio, 21, fired several shots from a handgun during an argument outside a Daytona Beach fast-food restaurant with his girlfriend Monday, leading to his arrest on aggravated assault charges.DAYTONA BEACH – A North Carolina man fired two shots at his girlfriend during an argument today with her and two patrons at a Taco Bell restaurant, Daytona Beach police said.
Michael Del Vecchio, 21, of Charlotte, N.C., was arrested on three charges of aggravated assault with a firearm and taken to the Branch Jail without bond.
A rundown of events from the police report shows the following: Renee Potter, Del Vecchio’s girlfriend, entered the Taco Bell, where she told Efrain Amavizca and Michael Gibbs that her boyfriend was trying to kill her.
All three then left the restaurant. Potter pleaded with Del Vecchio to let her get her belongings out of the car. Del Vecchio began giving Potter her things, but an argument started and he became “hostile” toward Amavizca.
The police account says Del Vecchio then pulled a gun from his car and fired a shot at Amavizca and Gibbs. Another shot was fired as Potter, Amavizca and Gibbs ran into the Taco Bell.
Amavizca’s girlfriend, Courtney Hiller gave the same account of events to police.
Del Vecchio drove away from the Taco Bell, but was pulled over and arrested at the Sav A Lot, 288 N. Nova Road. Police recovered three guns, including an AK-47, and a jewelry box, all stolen in a North Carolina burglary.
No one was injured in the shooting.