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A Georgia woman who allegedly wounded two drivers on a Florida interstate Monday told people God directed her to carry out the shootings “in relation to” the solar eclipse, authorities said.
Taylon Nichelle Celestine, 22, was stopped on Interstate 10 near mile marker 96 on a felony traffic stop after being suspected of wounding two drivers a short time earlier, according to a statement from the Florida Highway Patrol.
Before the shooting began, the highway patrol said, Celestine “had recently checked out of a local hotel and told the staff she was going on a shooting spree, directed by ‘God’ in relation to the solar eclipse.”
She was arrested and booked into the Holmes County Jail on charges of attempted murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and improper discharge of a firearm, according to the highway patrol.
