A Florida woman took an Uber to find her boyfriend after tracking his location while he drove her Volkswagen with another woman, according to Brevard County deputies. She arrived carrying a pink-and-black Glock, and the encounter ended with his passenger suffering a gunshot wound.
After driving the wounded woman home and waking the people inside, the boyfriend left before anyone called 911. He then returned to pick up his girlfriend, the woman accused of shooting his passenger.
Katherine Dale Kelly, 24, of Cocoa, faces attempted first-degree murder and three additional felony charges following the October 24 shooting in Port St. John, Florida. Court documents detail the confrontation through accounts from Kelly, her boyfriend, and the wounded woman, along with text messages recovered by deputies.
Their conversation included accusations of cheating, a message about shooting someone, and an affectionate message sent hours after the confrontation. Kelly deleted the exchange from her phone, but her boyfriend still had the messages.
Her Car, His Date
Around 1 a.m. Saturday, Kelly’s boyfriend left their Cocoa apartment in her gray 2016 Volkswagen Passat and contacted another woman about getting together. After asking if she wanted to “hang out,” he picked her up around 1:20 a.m. and headed toward Port St. John, where a friend lived near Bamboo Avenue.
A location-sharing feature allowed Kelly to see her boyfriend near the other woman’s home, and she sent him a screenshot of his whereabouts. She accused him of cheating “just like last time,” while he insisted he was at a friend’s house.
The Volkswagen became another subject of disagreement, with Kelly repeatedly mentioning that he was driving her car. She later told deputies he took it without permission, while her boyfriend maintained that she had allowed him to use it.
Without the Volkswagen, Kelly ordered an Uber to Port St. John, bringing along her Glock 43 in a purse. The handgun had a pink slide and black lower half.
Location sharing worked in both directions, allowing the boyfriend to see Kelly traveling toward him from their apartment. He told deputies he drove around Port St. John to evade her and eventually noticed that she had stopped sharing her location.
The Argument Followed Them
Beginning around 1:37 a.m., the messages moved between accusations of cheating, complaints about the Volkswagen, and disagreements about where each person was going. “Ur a f***ing cheater,” Kelly wrote, while her boyfriend continued denying that he was with another woman.
The exchange continued as Kelly traveled toward Port St. John, saying she was tired of his lies and wanted out of the relationship. Her boyfriend maintained that he was with a friend and told her she could come see him.
“Smart for leaving before I’m there to take her home,” read one of Kelly’s messages. Another followed: “I waws finna shoot sum istg,” using an abbreviation for “I swear to God.”
Their argument continued, including another accusation that he was using her car to cheat. At one point, the boyfriend asked, “Can we just make up,” while Kelly continued accusing him of being unfaithful.
One Shot in a Dark Field
Eventually, the boyfriend backed the Volkswagen into an open grassy field beside his friend’s home near Bamboo Avenue and turned off the engine. The woman he had picked up earlier was still in the front passenger seat when she noticed someone approaching.
The boyfriend identified the approaching woman as his girlfriend, Kelly, who walked around the front of the Volkswagen toward the passenger side. He told deputies he started the engine as she approached, while Kelly said the headlights came on and the vehicle began moving forward.
Kelly later told deputies she initially assumed her boyfriend was in the driver’s seat when she found the Volkswagen. She said she pulled the Glock from her purse, pointed it toward the passenger side, and fired one round.
The bullet shattered the passenger window and struck the woman inside in her left shoulder. With the passenger wounded, the boyfriend drove away, leaving Kelly near his friend’s residence.
Rather than taking the injured woman directly to a hospital, he drove back to the Cocoa home where he had picked her up earlier that morning. They woke the other occupants and told them about the shooting, after which the boyfriend left before emergency services were called.
He returned to Port St. John to collect Kelly, who had remained at his friend’s property, and drove her to their shared apartment. At approximately 2:34 a.m., deputies were dispatched to the wounded woman’s Cocoa residence.
Brevard County Fire Rescue transported the woman to Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, where she described the shooting to a deputy. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office subsequently confirmed that her injuries were non-life-threatening.
A Shattered Window and a Pink Glock
Previous traffic stops helped deputies connect the gray Volkswagen Passat to Kelly’s boyfriend and an apartment complex in Cocoa. When they checked the parking lot, they found the car with its front passenger window completely shattered and blood on the center console.
Kelly answered when deputies knocked on the apartment door and acknowledged firing into the vehicle. She also told them the gun was inside.
The boyfriend emerged from the apartment with several small cuts and dried blood near his right elbow. He attributed the injuries to glass from the shattered passenger window.
With Kelly’s permission, deputies searched the apartment and recovered the pink-and-black Glock from her purse. At the field near Bamboo Avenue, they found a single 9mm shell casing and documented tire impressions in the grass.
She Called It Karma
During questioning, Kelly initially described the shooting as “self-defense,” saying the Volkswagen began moving as she approached. She also told deputies she wanted to “make a point” because she believed her boyfriend was cheating again.
Kelly said the woman she shot should have known he had a girlfriend. Asked whether she felt guilty about shooting her, she reportedly answered that she believed in “Karma.”
The injured woman had described being invited out by the boyfriend and accompanying him to his friend’s property. Kelly’s statement about what the woman should have known came during her own account of the shooting.
She Deleted the Messages, but He Didn’t
Following the shooting, Kelly’s conversation with her boyfriend was no longer on her phone. Deputies found the messages on his device after he agreed to let them review the exchange.
Among the messages were the screenshot of his location, the earlier accusations, and the statement about shooting someone. The conversation continued after the gunshot, including a message from the boyfriend that read, “U shot her bro.”
He subsequently sent messages saying he was coming to Kelly, matching their accounts of his return to collect her. At 4:06 a.m., another message began, “I love you,” and included an apology for what had happened.
“im sorry this even happened ut i promise im here for tou,” he wrote. Deputies cited the earlier messages, location tracking, and armed trip to Port St. John as evidence supporting the attempted premeditated murder allegation.
Four Felonies and No Bond
Kelly faces attempted first-degree premeditated murder with a firearm, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied motor vehicle, and using a firearm during the commission of a felony. The charges remain pending in Brevard County Circuit Court.
Following her October 24 arrest, Kelly was booked into the Brevard County Jail and appeared before Judge Steve Henderson the next morning. The court appointed the Public Defender’s Office and ordered her held without bond on all four charges.
Her arraignment is scheduled for November 24, and she remained in custody as of October 27. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that no charges have been filed against her boyfriend.
All parties are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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