Air Care Team approaches a landing zone on Grand Island Shores Road Sunday to transport a 5-year-old Eustis boy to Orlando for treatment after an accidental shooting. PHOTO: Courtesy of Carl Fowler

Eustis boy, 5, accidentally shoots himself Sunday, in stable condition

Eustis, Inside Scoop / By Marilyn M. Aciego / June 29, 2025 / Eustis, Florida, Lake County, LCSO, Shooting / 1 minute of reading

EUSTIS, Fla.—A Eustis boy is in stable condition after accidentally shooting himself in the head Sunday morning.

Around 9:15 a.m. Sunday, Eustis Police Department, Eustis Fire Department, Lake County Fire Rescue, Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Lake EMS quickly responded to the home on Hunter’s Trail and after the boy was stabilized, he was airlifted to an Orlando hospital by Air Care Team, EPD Chief Craig Capri said.

The boy’s name has not been released, and Capri said the investigation is still very active. The boy had surgery on Sunday and is now recovering.

“Our prayers are with the boy and his family. We wish him strength and a speedy recovery,” Capri said.

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Marilyn M. Aciego

Publisher Marilyn M. Aciego was born and raised in Lake County and is a graduate of Umatilla High School and Lake-Sumter State College. She began her journalism career at LSSC and in 2023 she was honored with LSSC’s Distinguished Alumni Professional Achievement Award. She began working at the Daily Commercial while she was in college and continued her career there as a reporter after she graduated. In her 20+ year-career, she covered many of the area’s top stories including the disappearance of Trenton Duckett and the death of beloved Sheriff Chris Daniels. She has landed many exclusive interviews and was the first to break two of the biggest stories of 2024- the death of Jamaria Sessions and the murder of a Lake County Sheriff's Office deputy and the attempted murder of two other deputies. In addition to Inside Lake, Marilyn is the single mom of a teenaged son and the Florida Bureau Chief for an international media organization.

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