Nicholas James Draughon, 31, male, of Crawfordville, Florida, died on August 17, 2025. Deputies with the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office were called late that morning to Bettywood Circle for a report of a shooting and found Nicholas James Draughon, 31, dead near a camper where he lived with his girlfriend. According to investigators, the girlfriend was inside when Nicholas James Draughon, 31, and another man were talking outside; she heard two shots, rushed out, and saw the other man smiling
and saying, “he’s fine, Nick is fine,” before she fired three rounds to scare him off as he fled in a vehicle. Authorities later said spent casings at the scene were matched to ammunition found at the suspect’s residence.
Detectives identified the suspected shooter as Shayne Dalton Sheffield, 31, who was arrested that evening at his home on La France Road in Leon County after a search involving the Florida Highway Patrol and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office. He was booked into the Wakulla County Detention Facility on a charge of second-degree murder and held pending judicial proceedings. No additional suspects were named by law enforcement at that time.
Public death notices and memorials corroborate that Nicholas James Draughon, 31, died on August 17, 2025, in Crawfordville. Local obituaries and a funeral home notice list his full name and age, while a gun-violence memorial page records his death date and location.
