Ormond Beach man injured in murder-suicide charged with murder, police said

An Ormond Beach man who shot his girlfriend and himself in a reported murder-suicide pact at a Holly Hill shooting range in October survived and is now charged with the woman's death, Holly Hill Police said.

Alec Almanzar, 23, who left for New York with his family after he was discharged from Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach on Dec. 15, was extradited and brought back to Volusia County, said Holly Hill Police Lt. Chris Yates on Thursday.

Almanzar was charged with second-degree murder with a firearm in the death of his girlfriend, Ayadalis Chalas, 21. He was being held without bail in the Volusia County Branch Jail on Thursday.

According to Holly Hill Police, Almanzar and Chalas had agreed to die in a murder-suicide and went to the Hot Shot Shooting Range at 1873 N. Nova Road on Oct. 7. They rented a tan 9mm Glock handgun from the business at 5:30 p.m., police said.

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"Basically, they just put their heads together and he shot into her head," Yates said on Thursday. "The bullet went through her head into his head."

Yates said it is still unknown why the couple decided to commit the murder-suicide since a note wasn't found at the scene.

What happened?

A warrant request details what Almanzar and Chalas did at the range just before the shooting.

Surveillance videos from the shooting range show Almanzar and Chalas arriving and then talking to a staff member about gun safety. They asked for two targets, and obtained eye and ear protection along with a box of ammunition.

Chalas paid with her credit card and they both headed to the shooting lanes, police said.

The camera at Lane No. 7, where the shooting occurred, showed Almanzar talking to Chalas as he loaded the firearm and then fired at the targets one at a time, the report showed.

Almanzar positioned himself so the right side of his head was touching the left side of Chalas' head; he pointed the gun and pulled the trigger, but the gun misfired, the report stated.

Almanzar checked the gun and looked at Chalas, and then fired three shots at the target.

Then, Almanzar shot into Chalas' head as his head touched hers, Yates said.

When rescue and emergency workers arrived at the shooting range, they found Chalas dead on her back on the floor. Almanzar was sitting in a chair holding a compress to his head, investigators noted in their report.

"They (Almanzar and his family) knew that the charges were coming down," Yates said. "Now he is back in our custody and will be facing the charges."

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Florida man faces murder charge after surviving murder-suicide police say