Donald Nielsen

Donald Herbert Nielsen, 67, a White man from DeLand, Florida, was fatally shot on August 18, 2025, in a wooded homeless encampment behind the Dollar General at 745 N. Spring Garden Avenue. DeLand police were called to the area at about 10:25 to 10:30 that night after the person who would become the suspect called 911 and reported that he had been attacked and had shot his alleged attacker. Officers found Nielsen dead at the scene, secured a firearm, and began piecing together what had happened i ...

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