Woman accused of shooting storage facility employee in the face after she was caught sleeping inside unit

A 40-year-old pistillate allegedly opened occurrence connected a Florida retention installation worker aft she was caught sleeping successful a unit, successful usurpation of the lease agreement.

Kandice Jo Pierce is charged with attempted murder.

The shooting occurred astir 10 a.m. Saturday astatine Public Storage successful the 4000 artifact of Babcock Street successful Palm Bay, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office said.

According to a probable origin apprehension affidavit, the retention installation worker was doing her greeting rounds erstwhile she spotted 2 females who appeared to beryllium surviving successful a unit. The worker told them that they were not allowed to unrecorded oregon slumber successful the unit. Pierce told the unfortunate she "was the 1 that rented the portion and they should beryllium allowed to enactment there," constabulary wrote.

The worker said if they left, she would not study them to management. The unfortunate began to locomotion distant erstwhile Pierce called her back. According to the affidavit, the worker past heard a large bang and felt symptom successful her face. She had been shot.

Pierce ran away, and the worker ran and hid nether a desk, wherever she called 911 for help. The unfortunate had a tiny introduction coiled connected her look beneath the eye. The slug remained successful her face, constabulary said.

Cops aboriginal recovered 2 spent ammunition casings adjacent the unit.

Investigators identified Pierce arsenic the fishy due to the fact that her sanction was connected the lease.

A detective from a adjacent bureau who tried to assistance Pierce with lodging astir a period agone said the different idiosyncratic successful the portion was her 16-year-old daughter. Deputies recovered the girl astatine a adjacent state station.

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The miss said her parent was upset that they were being kicked retired of the retention unit, truthful she changeable astatine the worker twice, the affidavit stated.

Pierce was not with her daughter, but deputies aboriginal recovered her successful beforehand of a adjacent concern and arrested her. She remains successful the Brevard County Jail without bond. Her adjacent tribunal day is acceptable for Nov. 10.