BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — A 26-year-old Wellington woman turned herself in to police after allegedly shooting another woman multiple times during an early morning confrontation in Boynton Beach before fleeing the scene with her son.
The incident that occurred around 3 a.m. Thursday near the 100 block of Northeast Ninth Avenue.
Boynton Beach police said they received a report of a woman who had been shot in an apartment. Responding officers found the victim identified as La'Shay Lee, 26, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
The preliminary investigation revealed that Justice Guyton started a fight with the woman and the confrontation escalated before Guyton discharged a firearm, striking the victim multiple times, according to police.
According to police documents, the shooting occurred after Guyton and Lee had gone bowling together, leaving their children in the care of a babysitter at Lee's apartment. Police said after they returned to the apartment, Guyton and Lee began verbally arguing, which turned into a physical altercation that moved from inside the apartment to the hallway.
The incident was captured cell phone video, providing crucial evidence to investigators. The video showed the verbal and physical fight between the two women and clearly displays a handgun tucked into Guyton's waistband, according to the affidavit. When Lee tried to go back inside the home and shut the door, she was shot.
Guyton's 6-year-old son was present during the shooting, and shortly after the incident, Guyton fled the scene with her son, which led to a missing child alert for the boy.
Lee was taken to the hospital and was listed in critical but stable condition.
Guyton turned herself in at the Boynton Beach Police Department later that morning, was arrested and is currently being held at the Palm Beach County Jail on $100,000 bond. She faces multiple charges, including aggravated battery with a firearm and shooting into an occupied dwelling.
