Woman pranking boyfriend pretending she's cheating finds him following her car and shooting inside, cops say

When a pistillate successful North Carolina tried to "prank" her fellow into believing she was cheating connected him with different man, the fellow followed her and her friends and changeable into their car, authorities say.

Shyhied Ivey, 20, has been charged with 5 counts of assault with a deadly limb with intent to kill, discharging a limb into an occupied conveyance successful operation, home violence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to an affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime.

The suspect was booked into the Mecklenburg County Detention Center connected Wednesday.

On April 4, astatine astir 11:30 p.m., a pistillate was getting nutrient with 4 friends astatine the Camp North End buying promenade successful Charlotte.

The radical decided to permission and spell "back" to the 2700 artifact of Columbus Circle successful the city, and erstwhile they arrived there, she and 1 of her friends "decided to play a prank connected her boyfriend," Ivey.

The pistillate and Ivey had been dating for astir 5 months, and helium was capable to way her determination connected his phone, the affidavit states. The prank was for the woman's antheral person to telephone Ivey "and unreal to beryllium cheating" with her.

They reportedly did it, and erstwhile again, the friends decided to permission the location. They were driving connected Berryhill Road successful the metropolis erstwhile the suspect "began following" and tailgating them successful his achromatic Nissan sedan, according to authorities.

Ivey had called his woman "angry and was driving recklessly attempting to get them to propulsion over," constabulary said. At 1 point, the pistillate "described seeing the suspect occurrence what appeared to beryllium handgun into the air," according to the tribunal document.

Some clip later, erstwhile the friends pulled up to an intersection successful their ain Nissan — a reddish Altima — Ivey allegedly pulled up adjacent to them and fired 3 shots from a weapon into their car earlier driving off.

The antheral person who reportedly made the earlier telephone besides recounted receiving a substance from Ivey astatine astir 1:32 a.m. connected Sunday saying, "stop playin wimme bro."

Officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department reported gathering with the friends astir 10 minutes aboriginal astatine the Columbus Circle address.

Police said postulation camera showed that astatine 11:38 p.m. connected April 4, the achromatic car pulled up adjacent to the reddish 1 and "three agleam bursts" could beryllium seen coming from the achromatic Nissan, shattering solid successful the reddish car.

Police made nary notation of anyone being physically hurt.

Authorities noted that Ivey is simply a convicted felon. He is expected to look successful tribunal connected April 23.