Joshua Dylan Southwell, 46, a White/Caucasian male, died on May 14, 2025 in Hudson, Florida. According to obituary and memorial notices, he was remembered by family and friends as vibrant and outdoors-loving, with his sudden death leaving loved ones in shock. Multiple community and memorial pages confirm his identity, age, and the date and place of death.
Deputies with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office responded to the couple’s home after a 6:26 p.m. 911 call in which his wife, Dusty Lanell Southwell, reported that her husband was dead and stated she had “pulled the trigger.” Investigators found Joshua Southwell in the master bathroom shower with a single gunshot wound to the forehead. In interviews described in an arrest affidavit, Dusty Southwell said she had picked up his handgun while he was showering and began singing the song “Click Click Boom,” which she said she sang with him, believing the firearm was unloaded. The home was reported on the 13000 block of Judy Avenue in Hudson.
Authorities arrested 49-year-old Dusty Lanell Southwell on May 15, 2025, on a charge of second-degree murder and booked her into the Pasco County jail without bond. Booking records and local reports note she later entered a not-guilty plea. As of those reports, she was the sole suspect named in the case; no other arrests were announced.
