A Florida woman who was allegedly shooting at random vehicles driving past her in Orange County earlier this month, resulting in the death of her wife and mother of 27 years, has been arrested.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that Angila Baxter, 56, was arrested by homicide detectives in the January 12 death of Nekaybaw Collier. She is charged with second degree murder with a firearm.
The sheriff’s office said Baxter claimed several people were following her when she began recklessly firing at a handful of vehicles and people, striking Collier and killing her.
“We express our deepest condolences to the Nekaybaw family for the senseless murder of this young mother, wife and daughter,” the sheriff’s office said, adding that Collier was an innocent victim.
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Nekaybaw Collier, 27, was fatally shot on January 12 while driving in Orange County, Florida.
(Orange County Sheriff’s Office)
Deputies said Collier was pronounced dead at a hospital after she was found unconscious in her car in the 5200 block of North Powers Drive shortly after 7 p.m. Jan. 12. An autopsy showed that bullets from Baxter’s revolver were found in Collier’s body.
According to an arrest affidavit obtained by Fox 35 Orlando, officers said they were pulled over by a man who claimed he was shot by a black woman in a red SUV while driving on North Pine Hills Road on January 12. he was sitting in the middle of the road near the intersection of Belco Drive.
The man told police that the woman was shooting at people passing in front of her and that one of the shots hit the rear passenger side panel.
Police said another woman came forward and reported that the woman in the red van pulled up next to her car yelling expletives around 7 p.m. that same day. She said she heard “two bangs” in her car before she left.
Two days later, on January 14, the woman found two bullet holes in the front of her car. According to reports, she drove back to the area and found someone who witnessed the incidents.
A Google Earth image shows the intersection of Belco Drive and North Pine Hills Road in Orange County, Florida.
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Agents said the witness was able to identify Baxter as the woman “shooting at cars and yelling swear words at random people in the area” in a row of photos on Jan. 14.
When interviewed by detectives, Baxter said she did not remember the day of the shooting, but she did remember that “multiple vehicles were following her,” Fox 35 reported.
Baxter told detectives that she drew her gun in the same area where Collier was killed and fired into the air because a woman was following her. She also admitted to shooting multiple cars on the same day.
Angila Baxter, 56, is accused of fatally shooting Nekaybaw Collier, 27.
(Orange County Sheriff’s Office)
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Jail records show Baxter was arrested Thursday. She is booked into the Orange County Jail.
