Two Young Men Found Shot Dead in Vacant DeLand Lot; 17-Year-Old Arrested

Police said Dustin Rose, 19, and Samson Campbell, 18, were found on July 29 in downtown DeLand, Florida, and a 17-year-old was arrested a week later as officials publicly disputed the handling of the case.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 7, 2026, 9:20 a.m. ET

Police said the bodies of Dustin Rose, 19, and Samson Campbell, 18, were found on July 29 in a , . Both names were released by police, according to reporting by Fox 35 Orlando and WOGX. Police said people were killed. Investigators said three people who knew each other are believed to have met at the lot on Tuesday, July 28, where police believe the shooting happened. Accounts of how precisely officials described the scene differ: Fox 35 Orlando reported the location at the level of a , while WOGX reported it as a specific — a . Fox 35 Orlando reported officials said the three were the men found shot and a 17-year-old later arrested; WOGX reported only that three people who knew each other were believed to have met there. No motive has been stated by police, and the circumstances of the shooting have not been determined. The case is developing. The U.S. Marshals Service said a 17-year-old, Keyan Jayden Rundell, was arrested on Aug. 5 in Manatee County, wanted on suspicion of second-degree murder in the deaths of Rose and Campbell. The teenager is . The Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service are the responding agencies named in the reporting. The arrest was followed by a public dispute among officials. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood wrote on Facebook on Wednesday morning about the arrested teenager's alleged criminal history, saying it "makes you wonder if our justice system held" the 17-year-old "accountable from the start, maybe things would have turned out different." Attorney General James Uthmeier alleged "neglect of duty and incompetence." At a news conference on Thursday, State Attorney Monique Worrell of the Ninth Judicial Circuit said: "Our hearts are with the families of the young men whose lives were tragically taken. Their loved ones deserve answers, and our community deserves a juvenile justice system that works to prevent these senseless acts of violence before they occur, instead of partisan political rhetoric and misinformation." Worrell also said the most recent case referenced by Chitwood involving the juvenile "did not occur within the Ninth Judicial Circuit, but rather his own Seventh Circuit and is therefore outside the jurisdiction of this office to speak to."

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