A Florida woman armed with a pink and black Glock tracked down her boyfriend she suspected of cheating on her and shot his alleged mistress through a car window, according to deputies.
Katherine Kelly later told investigators she wanted to “make a point” during the Saturday, October 24, shooting in Port St. John after initially claiming she had opened fire in “self-defense,” according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.
When asked whether she felt guilty, Kelly, 24, said she believed in “karma,” as the other woman “should have known” her boyfriend was in a relationship, per an affidavit viewed by Us.
The woman was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to her left shoulder, according to the affidavit.
Kelly, of Cocoa, is charged with attempted first-degree premeditated murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied vehicle and displaying or using a firearm in the commission of a felony, court records show.
The woman Kelly allegedly shot told investigators that Kelly’s boyfriend had texted her asking whether she wanted to “hang out” early Saturday morning before the shooting, according to the affidavit.
After Kelly’s boyfriend picked the woman up from her home in a Volkswagen vehicle, he drove with her to an open field near his friend’s house, the affidavit states.
The car allegedly belonged to Kelly, who “took deliberate and purposeful steps” to track the pair down “by monitoring [her boyfriend’s] location,” the affidavit reads.
Kelly took an Uber ride to their location and texted her boyfriend, warning “she was going to shoot someone,” according to deputies.
Kelly ultimately arrived and approached the car, pulled the Glock out of her purse and fired one shot, striking the other woman through the car’s passenger window, according to the sheriff’s office.
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Afterward, Kelly’s boyfriend drove the woman back to her home and left before first responders were called, the affidavit states.
Deputies took Kelly into custody at her Cocoa apartment, where she lives with her boyfriend, according to the affidavit. She allegedly admitted to the shooting and told deputies the gun she had used was inside her residence.
Investigators reviewed text messages between Kelly and her boyfriend that indicated she was aware of her boyfriend’s alleged infidelity after he previously cheated on her with the same woman, the affidavit states.
Their text messages were considered significant evidence in the case, according to the sheriff’s office.
“Ur a f***ing cheater,” Kelly allegedly wrote in one text message sent prior to the shooting.
“Kelly’s deliberate and reckless actions are relevant to determining her intent that she acted with a premeditated design to kill [the woman],” the affidavit states.
Kelly’s public defender didn’t immediately return a request for comment from Us.
She is due in court for an arraignment scheduled for November 24.
