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PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida woman is facing an attempted murder charge after she allegedly fired a gun through a bedroom wall during a dispute with her boyfriend, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
The backstory:
Deputies say early Thursday morning, a couple was arguing over a backpack when the boyfriend tried to ease the situation by going to the bedroom and locking the door.
Antonieta Plasencia-Hernandez, 47, began hitting the bedroom door repeatedly before grabbing the boyfriend’s handgun and firing a shot at the wall near where the boyfriend was standing, according to PCSO.
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Deputies say the boyfriend was not hit by the gunshot as it passed through a TV stand and lodged into the wall.
Courtesy: Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
The boyfriend recorded the incident on his cell phone. In the video, Plasencia-Hernandez is heard yelling and banging on the bedroom door before a gunshot rings out, PCSO said.
Plasencia-Hernandez left the scene in Pinellas County before deputies arrived. She was later arrested on an attempted first-degree murder charge.
The Source: Information for this story was provided by a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office arrest affidavit.