Florida woman arrested following late night shooting over alleged cheating

Katherine Dale Kelly, aged 24, of Cocoa, Florida, was arrested and charged with murder over the weekend, Fox News reported. Authorities stated that she tracked her boyfriend, Elijah Baker, during a late night meeting with another woman and opened fire on a vehicle. [1]

Kelly allegedly used an Uber to locate her boyfriend after she believed he was cheating on her again, according to a police report obtained by the Space Coast Daily and cited by Fox News. She told investigators that she was trying to make a point when she fired the gun. [1]

According to Fox News, Kelly faces multiple criminal charges. These include attempted first degree murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, firing a gun into a vehicle, and using a firearm while committing a felony. [1]

Florida features low lying plains, the longest coastline in the contiguous United States, and a gross domestic product that ranked fourth among states in 2025. As FTMQ News reported earlier, separate gun violence incidents were recently recorded across the region, including an October 13 fatal shooting outside a bar in Safety Harbor, Florida. [2][4]