North Carolina Man Arrested After Shooting Into Girlfriend’s Car Following Cheating Prank

A man has been arrested for shooting into the car of his girlfriend and her friends. According to authorities, a North Carolina woman tried to "prank" her boyfriend by pretending that she was cheating on him.

Her plan backfired when the boyfriend began following her car and shot into it while her friends were inside. On April 8, he was booked into the Mecklenburg County Detention Center.

Shyhied Ivey, 20, has been arrested.

According to an affidavit obtained by Law & Crime, Ivey faces five counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, domestic violence, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and discharging a weapon into an occupied conveyance in operation.

The incident unfolded on April 4 at around 11:30 p.m. The North Carolina woman was out getting food with four of her friends at the Camp North End in Charlotte. The group later planned to "play a prank" on the woman's boyfriend, Ivey, whom she had been dating for about five months.

The woman and a friend returned to the 2700 block of Columbus Circle, when Ivey tracked her location on his phone. According to the affidavit, one of her male friends was supposed to call Ivey and "pretend to be cheating" with her.

After the prank, the group reportedly left the location. While they were driving on Berryhill Road, Ivey began following their car in his black Nissan sedan. Authorities said he called his girlfriend while angry and drove recklessly in an attempt to get them to pull over.

The court document states that at one point, the girlfriend "described seeing the defendant fire what appeared to be a handgun into the air." Later, when the group stopped at an intersection, Ivey pulled next to their red Altima.

He allegedly fired three shots into their car before fleeing the scene. The male friend who pretended to cheat with his girlfriend received a text message from Ivey at around 1:32 a.m. that read, "stop playin wimme bro."

Officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department met the group about 10 minutes after the shooting. Traffic camera footage showed a black car pulling up next to the red vehicle before "three bright bursts" appeared from the black Nissan.

Although the glass was shattered, no one inside the Altima was physically hurt, police said.

Ivey is scheduled to appear in court on April 23.