A young boy, aged 6, showcased bravery amidst a domestic dispute by dialing 911 as gunshots rang out at his grandmother's Palm Beach County residence this past Sunday night. As reported by CBS12, the distressing call captured a man in the background threatening, "I'm going to kill her!" while the child informed the dispatcher that his uncle was firing a gun and arguing with his aunt.
The tumult unfolded just before 8 p.m. at a home on Kumquat Road where, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by WPTV News Channel 5, deputies discovered spent shell casings upon their arrival at the scene. The altercation stemmed from, a seemingly trivial dispute over cooking and the aunt's consumption of wine. The aunt, who asked not to be identified or shown, relayed that the suspect, Davidson Dulcio, 24, has a history of anger problems that escalated during the incident.
In an emotional interview with CBS12, the victim expressed her devastation over the incident's impact on her young nephew, saying, "I cried hysterically. I felt like I am a part of that little boy's life being disastrous if he ever had a malfunction in school. If he ever messes up, I feel like it will be because of this." She recounted fleeing the house and hearing gunshots as she drove off, thinking that "These people could be dead all because I wanted to know why my air fryer was unplugged."
The child, when questioned by deputies, indicated with a hand gesture that his uncle had fired the gun toward a stop sign where his aunt had been escaping toward. This account was corroborated by video evidence from a neighbor's Ring Doorbell camera, which captured the sound of two shots as the aunt's vehicle left the property, WPTV News Channel 5 reported.
Dulcio was apprehended on Wednesday, facing multiple charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a gun in public. He is currently held at the main Palm Beach County jail on a $40,000 bond. When asked by CBS12 whether his detainment provided relief, the victim responded affirmatively for her and her nephew's safety, while also lamenting the potential future her nephew faces, caught in such a traumatic ordeal.
