Teacher 'upset' about her father telling her to 'Get out of my face' blasts him in the back in his own driveway: Police

A Florida pistillate allegedly gunned down her ain father successful beforehand of his location aft helium told his girl to "Get retired of my face."

Leah Verona Scott, 43, was charged with first-degree murder aft constabulary successful West Palm Beach tracked her down pursuing the alleged shooting. According to an apprehension affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime, Scott was driving done the vicinity wherever her father, 75-year-old Leroy Scott, lived astatine astir 8:22 a.m. connected Tuesday. She was en way to sojourn her aunt and uncle, who unrecorded a fewer doors down from her father.

According to the affidavit, Leah Scott saw her begetter moving successful his driveway and decided to get retired of her car to face him. When helium walked distant from her, she allegedly pulled a handgun from her waistband and changeable him successful the back.

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The affidavit said that aft Leroy Scott fell to the ground, his girl allegedly changeable him 3 much times. She past got backmost into her Saturn Vue and near the scene.

Leroy Scott died astatine the country aft life-saving efforts failed, constabulary said. The full incidental was caught connected residential information cameras arsenic good arsenic a camera from Bak Middle School, which was successful league astatine the clip and conscionable 50 feet away, according to police.

Leah Scott was rapidly identified and located by police, who placed her successful custody and took her successful for questioning. According to the affidavit, Leah Scott confessed to constabulary that she changeable her begetter and explained that she wanted to archer him to "stop bothering her." His effect to her was "Get retired of my face," and helium walked distant from her. Leah Scott said that this "made her upset."

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According to the affidavit, Leah Scott said that she intended to sprout herself aft allegedly shooting her father, but decided against it, telling constabulary it "was not right." She told constabulary that she got escaped of her gun.

Leah Scott had been employed arsenic a teacher astatine JFK Middle School astatine the clip of the alleged shooting. Local Fox affiliate WFLX obtained a statement from the schoolhouse stating, "Ms. Scott volition nary longer person entree to our field oregon person interaction with students."

In a tribunal quality connected Wednesday, Leah Scott was denied enslaved by a judge. Her defence attorney, Scott Skier, told section ABC affiliate WPBF, "I don't deliberation that we should unreserved to trust solely connected that narrative. I deliberation that with time, facts volition look that explicate the circumstances and possibly avail a defence to this."

Leah Scott was charged with first-degree execution and exhibiting weapons connected schoolhouse property, which is simply a effect of the shooting being truthful adjacent to Bak Middle School. Her adjacent tribunal day is scheduled for Sept. 25.