A Florida woman arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting another woman livestreamed the fatal fight on social media, police said.
Sanford police said Savon Tyler, 35, was accused of firing at Lauren Martin, 34, during a “mutual combat-style fistfight” that was streamed online Tuesday night. He was charged with first-degree murder. of the image.
“Lauren and Tyler got into an argument that escalated into a physical altercation. During the altercation, Tyler shot Lauren multiple times,” police said in a statement.
Martin’s family told WESH that Martin was a photographer and that the two had been arguing over a photo Martin had taken of Tyler.
Jessica Burks, the victim’s aunt, said: “Someone went online and made a comment…and then another person went online and commented back and forth and things spiraled out of control from there. “Ta”.
When Tyler saw Martin arrive at his home, he was armed with a “small children’s baseball bat” and a “blank 9mm handgun,” according to court records obtained by the outlet.
The two women exchanged blows in what police called a “mutual combat-style fistfight” before the shooting, and Martin was found lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds.
According to Sanford police, officers responded to the scene just after 7 p.m. and found Martin lying in the street suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
She was taken to a local hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries, police said.
Tyler was taken into custody without incident.
She was charged with premeditated first-degree murder and is being held in the Seminole County Jail without bail.
