BONIFAY, Fla. — A woman checked out of a Florida hotel and told the staff she was going on a God-ordained shooting spree because of the solar eclipse. She then shot two drivers on Interstate 10 before being arrested and charged with attempted murder Monday, according to Florida Highway. Patrol.
Taylon Nichelle Celestine, 22, of Georgia, entered the highway 110 miles from the Alabama border in the Florida Panhandle and headed west. Within a five-mile radius, she shot several times at a passing car, spraying car windows and grazing the driver in the arm, the department said in a statement.
She then fired at a second vehicle, hitting the driver in the neck. The driver was injured and treated at a hospital.
Troopers stopped the woman after she drove about 16 miles and found her with an AR-15 rifle and 9mm pistol. She was arrested and booked into the Holmes County Jail. She was charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and improper discharge of a firearm.
The Florida Highway Patrol did not provide details about Celestine’s bail or legal representation.