- Bart DiGuglielmo, 62, a decorated Army National Guard veteran who served in Desert Storm and a retired nurse of 30 years, was shot and killed in a North Lauderdale Walmart parking lot on June 30, 2026, after an argument with a woman over a parking space.
- The shooter stayed at the scene, cooperated with investigators, and claimed self-defense — DiGuglielmo was not armed. She has not been charged.
- The case will be presented to the Broward County State Attorney's Office, where Florida's Stand Your Ground law may play a central role in determining whether charges are filed.
NORTH LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA — Less than a month after a Miami-area family was torn apart in an unthinkable act of violence inside their Doral home, South Florida is dealing with another tragedy that has left an entire community asking the same question: how does a parking spot end with a man dead on the ground?
On the afternoon of June 30, an argument in a Walmart parking lot in North Lauderdale turned fatal. A 62-year-old Army veteran and retired nurse was shot and killed. The woman who pulled the trigger has not been charged. And the footage captured on camera has set off a national debate about self-defense, Stand Your Ground, and what it means to walk away.
A Routine Errand That Turned Fatal
It started the way most parking lot disputes do — small, petty, and over in a matter of seconds under normal circumstances.
Just before 12:30 p.m., DiGuglielmo was in the parking lot of the Walmart located at 7900 W. McNab Road in North Lauderdale. According to a witness, his white SUV had briefly blocked a woman from pulling into a space. At some point, he moved his vehicle, and the woman was able to park.
But the exchange was not over. The woman got out of her car with a phone in her left hand and a gun in her right. DiGuglielmo walked toward her.
Video captured by a witness on a cellphone and a nearby Tesla's dashcam shows what happened next. The woman pointed the gun at DiGuglielmo and told him to "walk away." According to the footage, he appeared to step back — but then turned around and came toward her again. The woman opened fire. DiGuglielmo fell to the ground.
North Lauderdale Fire Rescue paramedics transported him to Broward Health Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
She Stayed. She Claimed Self-Defense.
After the shooting, the woman did not run. She remained at the scene, spoke with detectives, and told them she fired in self-defense. She was handcuffed and detained for questioning. As of the time of publishing, she has not been charged with any crime and her identity has not been released.
Investigators confirmed that DiGuglielmo was not armed.
The Broward Sheriff's Office said the investigation is ongoing and that once complete, the case will be handed to the Broward County State Attorney's Office to determine whether criminal charges are warranted.
The Family's Words
DiGuglielmo's sister, who declined to give her name, spoke to CBS News Miami by phone from out of state. She said she was devastated and still trying to process what had happened.
"He was a Christian man and a very good person and would not hurt anyone," she said.
She described her brother as a decorated veteran who served in the Army National Guard during Desert Storm and had spent 30 years working as a nurse after leaving the military. She also shared that DiGuglielmo had an identical twin who passed away years earlier.
His daughter, Amanda, said her father had moved to South Florida three years ago specifically to repair their relationship after a long period of estrangement. She said he was working toward something, not away from it.
"I just don't think anybody deserves to lose their life over a parking spot," she said.
Where the Law Stands
Florida's Stand Your Ground law allows a person to use deadly force if they reasonably believe it is necessary to prevent serious injury or death. Crucially, the law does not require the person to attempt to retreat first. What matters is whether the person was in a place they had a legal right to be, and whether they had a reasonable belief that they were in danger.
The footage, however, raises questions that the State Attorney's Office will now have to answer. DiGuglielmo was unarmed. The video shows the woman telling him to leave. He walked away — and then came back. Whether that return movement constitutes a reasonable threat that justified deadly force is the central question the investigation will need to resolve.
For DiGuglielmo's family, none of that framing makes the loss easier to hold.
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