Get off of me. Get off of me. Stop. Just leave me alone. She threw all of my tools. They moved them. >> [music] >> I'm waiting for the cops to get here. Cops are called following reports of a couple violently breaking up on the street, >> [music] >> but as they step in, one thing becomes clear. This isn't as straightforward as it seems, leaving even seasoned officers asking, "Who is the victim and who is responsible?" What's all this about? What did she do? Or what did you do? Hit me in the back of the head with a hammer. That's where the blood came from. Where's the hammer at? Over there. Uh red and yellow one? Yeah. This is a deadly weapon. This is a deadly It's a weapon. He overpowers me and pushes me down. What am I supposed to do? Let him hit me? Have you looked at his criminal record? He has a murder charge. In the early hours of June 22nd, 2023, Palm Beach County officers rushed to the property of Ashley Kyeakuro after multiple reports of a violent clash spiraling out of control. What's all this about? What did she do? Or what did you do? Uh so, I saw her last night. Pardon? I saw her last night. >> I saw. She was drinking. Okay. She asked me to leave. Before we go any further, are there any weapons in the home? Uh I mean, there's knives, obviously. Okay. Are there any guns? Come here, Goose. Scram, Goose. Please let me leave this over soon. Sure. All right. You're fine. Whose is this? Yeah. All right. So, what happened with the officers last night? Uh told me to leave. Do you need paramedics? Uh I mean, they're down the street right there. They're literally right there. I need an armored ranger medic. And her? Yeah, unless she scratched a finger on it, too. I saw her throwing all this out. Hi, doggie. Hi. Uh I was asleep. Hi. I smell I smell like sweat. I know. I left the car pulled right there, slept in it all night. You did? Okay. After the officers left? After officers Okay. >> to the gym and I came back here, parked the car, slept all night. Okay. This truck This car? Well, she started her screaming and whatnot after I got home from work. She had everything out. Uh so, I left. She continued to berate me with text messages just like this and this and that and that. Um She's mad that called her ex-boyfriend to figure out how the uh water machine was working. That's what this all started this time. All right. So, this is the same thing as last night? Right. Okay. I slept there, only to drive away at 6:30. Fell back asleep in the car cuz I didn't want to go inside. Waiting on her to come out. She was scheduled to go to work at 7:00. I hope this And I can take her to her job, then go to mine, like I've been doing every day for the past How long have you all been together? Year or so. Yeah. Well, a little more than a year. Okay. She comes out, starts her screaming, and uh throws all my tools, as you can They were in the car? They were packed neatly >> All this? Every bit of it. In an unexpected turn, cops spot a car parked nearby, and inside, someone who claims to have seen everything that just unfolded. Uh I believe you got the camera, don't you? Yeah. He's the He has no bearing on this whatsoever. When I went by, I saw them Do you know this person? No. No. I saw the struggle and Okay. However, before they can even hear him out, officers notice blood seeping from the back of his head, an alarming discovery that instantly raises the stakes. She uh she hit you? Hit me in the back of the head with a hammer. That's where the blood came from. Where's the hammer at? Over there. Uh red and yellow one? Yeah. Okay. So, we got to get you Good thing it wasn't a you know, metal Can you start warming up, please? No. Who is here? I've got a safety glove. I need a couple stitches. I'm calling an ambulance. Yeah, my phone is dying. Can we just have the 18 Jake All right. Sorry. Left or right? Yeah. All right. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Cuz I want to see this guy's video before we go aggravate her. Hello. Hello. I don't want to interrupt you all. I just wanted to get the facts [music] of what happened in there before I I I don't know what happened before I got here, but I'm riding down the road and I see everything out here. That catches your eye? And and I they're in the back of the Volkswagen. And and It's all thrown over here already? Okay. And and he's restraining her. Okay. And uh Did you see anything in her hands? No. She was Okay. Was he he already he was already bleeding up? I have a video. Okay. He he was already bleeding. Cut all four tires. Okay. Uh I've got probably 5 minutes Hold on a second. Jake, can you get to the back just in case she tries to go that way? Cuz we got the front. I've probably got 5 minutes of video Ask him if there's any more dogs. Sorry, I got 5 minutes of video Okay. of her punching him and her kicking him >> Um Do you mind hanging out for 1 second? I'm going to actually get that video from you before He was trying his best Like I said, I don't know what the But that's what you rolled up on. Okay. You Did you call it all or no? >> Yeah. Okay. So, you were one of the ones calling one of the ones calling. Okay. As deputies begin processing the video, it quickly reveals deeply unsettling details about the incident, painting a far more disturbing picture than anyone at the scene had expected. Yeah, she's completely out of control. Hey, bro, why don't you just walk away? I can't, man. Get off of me. Get off of me. Stop. Just leave me alone. She threw all of my tools. They moved them. I'm waiting for the cops to get Yeah, right. Yeah. Yeah, sweetie. Hey. She's biting. Yeah. I I I I got [laughter] it. Give me my car keys. Hey, the police told me not to get involved and stay in my truck. Give me my car keys now. Hey, you're doing great, bro. Just protect yourself and don't hurt her. That's how she's reasoning. Keys, man. Look at her. She's crazy. Please pull him off of me, please. He's not on you, sweetie. >> He won't let go. He won't let go. Please help me. He's doing that to protect you. >> No, it's not. He's doing it to control me. It looks to me like he's doing it to protect you. >> Of course he does, cuz he's so charming. I don't think that's an insult. Off of me. Get off of me. Are they close? Yeah. They Yeah, they must be. I I I Off of me. I told I told him you were bleeding, so uh that usually fixes [screaming] it up. >> [crying and screaming] >> Goodbye, Jake. He punched me in the ribs just so you guys wouldn't know that he actually did it. I hate you. I hate you. But it doesn't stop there, as her behavior turns dangerously unpredictable. Don't you ever come back to my house again. Ever. Ever. Although the video points to Ashley as the aggressor, authorities aren't ready to make that call just yet. In a situation this volatile, they need more clarity before making the next move. Uh I think she's got a host of stuff over at the residence. She just got it or she's been there a while? Today was the first day. Are you also RO on the car? Are you registered owner of the car or is it just her? I am I have insurance but I'm not registered. Is there a mother-in-law suite in the back? Does she have access to it? Yeah, yeah. He's saying yes so far that's the mother-in-law suite. She does have access. Yeah, that's usually where I go when she acts like this. She usually lock it up. She removes all the things before I go home from work. So she took the locks off so that you off so that the mother-in-law suite is unlocked and open? Let me know if I have the master key in my hand and she does this and No, you guys are just just dating. Been together 1 year? Not married? Do you have your ID on you, boss? It's okay. It's okay. I just need to know that. I think it's in my wallet. Okay. No one else is in the home? No, you're welcome to You guys well, we're going to wait. We're no, no, no, we're going to wait for other units to get here. Can we go in there? She's inside. She ran in there when we got here and then she opened the door and let the dog out and slammed the door again. I didn't even try to tase her yet until we had more. She just got put on Zoloft. There's like this is a mental issue like for sure. How long she been on the Zoloft? Not long enough. And obviously she's drinking so it's Yeah, I haven't even been a month. No, no, no, she just got put on Zoloft. Oh. I know night shift was out here last night for a 38 and they had two 7s that were on the call. Can you put their 14 in this call, please? The uh my cell phone is on that car but she took my cell phone next day. That's a 69. She didn't give it back? Yeah. Was that in the incident last night? Did she take it to what? Prevent you from She just took it. Okay. It wasn't like you were trying to call 911 and she took it then? No, I did call 911 and then after they got here, she snuck back in the house and took the rest of the stuff that I walked in with, tools and whatnot, and uh just got the phone. Okay. How Love you. Love you. Love you. Love you. Love you. Love you. She yeah, she Okay. I'll go talk to her down there in a minute. Is she the one like right by that fence where our cars are? Yeah, we got a young lady I saw Okay. She was still there when we pulled up. Do you have video cameras on your house besides Is that a doorbell camera? I did yesterday until she took them all down. She even taped up the doorbell. But then, after providing crucial insight, the boyfriend hesitates when it's time for action against Ashley and this instantly raises doubts among the police. Maybe let's pull her on the side of the car. I know you said there's only a BB gun in there but in the event she decides to Ash, you want to come over here? I just don't feel like having to do anything more to her than needs to be at this point because she wants to be stupid. Well, they only use the escalators from here until I leave. We're going to I got my sergeant coming here just protocol and then we're going to get the dog out here and hopefully just his presence alone will get her to chill the out and we'll take her out. No, no, the ones that are inside I'm saying. We're we're getting a canine out here because of the severity of allegations. Well, that's the thing. I don't I would much rather see her go to like >> She No, no, no. So you What did she What did she get diagnosed with? Um like manic depressive bipolar. So unfortunately because of the circumstances that you guys are in a relationship, she is going to go to jail. But because you're telling me that she is taking Zoloft, she's been diagnosed, she's probably going through a mental breakdown. Yeah. There is a portion of the jail that deals with mental health issues. I can't not take her to jail at this point. >> Can't they take her to a hospital cuz I mean If they did So they have That's what I'm saying. They have a medical floor that >> forced to go and like bond her out of jail. Oh well, you're not going to be able to bond her out because there's going to be a no contact order. She potentially I get that you're a medic and that you probably went through worse but she potentially could Okay. Obviously what happens when we leave is out of our control but being that we're here your skull split. I've got people that witnessed it. She has to go today. If she somehow acts out, if something happens in there, we determine that she does have to go to the hospital first, she'll go to the hospital but eventually she's still going to end up in the jail. Do you need him anymore? Did you get the video? No, I think he's good. Thank you. How long before this gentleman in the truck rolled up was this going on for? Cuz obviously she had a good minute to dump all this stuff out. Yeah, that was about it. Like as soon as she started stuff flying, he stopped. >> Okay. So he obviously called so like right before then is when this happened. So she came out, found you in the car and then just went ballistic? Well, she went back in for a minute and then came out and told me to get out of the car. Now for the last However many times a day 8 months or so we've been doing this. She you know, she hasn't been going to work. I've been going to work. I've been going to work in her car. I've got a client I'm supposed to be at right now. I'm probably going to lose it because Um and it's all day ordeal. With a suspect that is clearly dangerous and a situation ready to explode, officers call up reinforcements as they prepare to apprehend her. Yeah, Jake and Katie are over there. I don't know. Okay, I'm done with it. He He's a former military but he says he doesn't have any zeros in the gun. He just has That's what he said. Zeros in the house, just a BB gun. But she did slash all four of those tires with a knife. The knife is out here. The hammer is out here that she used to smash the back of his skull with. Okay. There's a mother-in-law suite in the back. Jake and Katie said she does have access to it but she removed all the locks. All the cameras she broke yesterday after that 38. So there shouldn't be any 59 on that car but She's going to go in with the 16 with the canine. She was out here initially when we got here but as I walked up to talk to him, she just went inside. She didn't like run or anything but she was already irate and drunk. She went inside and she's been drinking all night with her Zoloft. Okay. She ran inside and she opened the door back up, kicked the dog out, said here's your damn dog and slammed the door again. So we haven't even attempted contact with her but she's likely still drunk. Show me your hands. You got lethal? Yep. There's an island right there. Can't see past it. >> Got a 270 on the left. Yep. You want me to go before me or after me? She's opening the door. Open door on the left. 40 to the Open door is coming out. All right, let's clear this room. I'll hold the shield. I'll hold the shield. I'm going to go with you. What happened to your knee? I don't know. It's broken. He's hurting it. What happened though? I don't know. He's been attacking me all morning. No, he hasn't, honey. You haven't seen it. >> No, we did. There was a witness that recorded everything. You don't see what happens inside. Well, I would like to but you took all the video cameras yesterday. As cops try to piece together what led to her actions, Ashley grows increasingly erratic pushing the already tense situation even closer to the edge. We're going to have the medics come check on you in a minute. He hit me with my wrench in the back of my head. I'm all bruised up. He He always hits me. Then why do you keep coming back? Why don't she talk to us? Stupid question cuz you don't believe me. It's not that I don't believe you but I'm going to believe him. >> Not you. You weren't here. The four officers that were here this morning didn't believe me and I called in and told them that all they just take his side because I'm the one crying and he's calm. They never believe me. It's my car and he wouldn't give me my keys. And so I slashed it so he couldn't take it. New tires are like $200. I know. You know he was trying to take you to your job? No, he wasn't. Why not? None of your business. Well, maybe you were a little too intoxicated to go to work. >> I wasn't intoxicated. It was 7:00 in the morning. I had orientation at the Breakers. He's lying and said I was drunk. You were here when we were here? Yes. You walked into the house when I got here this morning. You ran out the back. >> And I was not intoxicated at all. Your job says differently. What job? Flagler Steakhouse. Flagler Steakhouse didn't even see me this morning. They said you showed up with blood all over your face. Because he beat me this morning. >> You just told me Flagler didn't see you but now suddenly they did. The Breakers, not the Flagler. I went to orientation at the Breakers this morning and they sent me home because I had blood on my face and I can barely walk. He took my car all night and never came home because he was out doing all night and then when he came home I wanted my car keys so I can drive to my job myself and he wouldn't let me. Yes, officer. Yes, officer. I didn't want to talk to you. He said F you? I didn't say F you. I said no, I don't 10-1 And then, without warning, she says something so unsettling it doesn't just confuse the situation, it immediately raises red flags among Palm Beach County deputies. Have you looked at his criminal record? He has a murder charge. Okay. >> He's lying. way. Do you realize >> murder charge has absolutely nothing to do with this call? I'm just saying. What's your record? Nothing like this. We don't judge people You don't judge people by their records, but if you want to bring up records, neither one of you are clean. Okay. We don't We don't judge people based off their records. We judge them based off the moment and we judge them based off their behavior and their interaction with us. Right, because I'm hysterical and crying because I just got beat and he's calm and cool and collected. I'm judging you based off the fact that when we were here earlier, you had the opportunity to speak to us. I didn't want to talk to you. I have a right not to talk to you. I was crying. I was crying and I shut the door and I didn't want to see you and I don't want to see him because I'm scared of him. Why did you come back here then? It's my house. It's my house. >> he wasn't going to be here. You just didn't want to see him. My parents were coming here. They were telling him to leave and he was He uses to leave. You guys live together, so like at this point, unfortunately, it's both of your guys' house. Exactly. I know. I'm And it's my house. He doesn't own anything. It's my car and my house and I fell in love with him a year ago. And he's been living here ever since. So I know there's nothing I can do. So you can imagine how frustrated and upset I am. I'm powerless. He's stronger than me. Have him evicted. I'm going to. I'm going to. But there's nothing I can do about it right now, can I? Uh unless he leaves I know. She's claiming She thinks her knee might be broken. My knee? Maybe. She doesn't know how, though. Are you able to move it? I can move it this way. Okay. But I can't It just hurts? No. >> to put weight on it? No. Do you want to go to the hospital? Do you want to Do you want to go to the hospital? I don't have any money. I don't I can't afford an ambulance ride. So what would you like for us to do? I don't know. You guys are the ones that said I'm here. Well, the only thing we can do is check you out. We'll check you out and then we can either get a rescue coming or not. Well, actually, you know what? She's got to go because you guys are out here and she's going to jail and they're going to make me get a medical clearance anyway, so she needs to be transported. Okay. Seconds later, the situation escalates beyond what anybody at the scene had anticipated as the suspect's behavior becomes increasingly volatile and dangerous. What are my charges? Aggravated domestic battery with a deadly weapon. How do you have proof of that? The nice little witness that stopped when you were What witness? Some landscaper. Some landscaper? You're going off a landscaper? And what >> I'm going off of the video I saw. What what what What happened in the video? >> your past, your attitude, your attitude >> happened in the video? >> We'll talk to you when they're done with the charges. >> What deadly weapon? I don't have a deadly weapon. This This isn't a deadly weapon. I don't want to touch This This This isn't a DEADLY WEAPON. HE OVERPOWERS me and pushes me down. What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do? Let him hit me? No. And he's not getting arrested for this. Look at my knee. He punched me. And there's nothing I can do about it just because it's not on a recording? Did that happen this morning? Yes, it did. So like my partner said multiple times, you ran off and you failed to talk to us. So what? So how am I supposed to believe >> to talk to you. >> So you want to do something about it. How do you expect to do something if you don't want to talk? >> I didn't want to press charges. He's pressing charges. You only want to say something because you're going to jail. >> Of course I do. Of course I do. I DON'T WANT TO SEND HIM to jail. The same stuff that she said. You idiot. Stop talking to me, you little piece of [ __ ] I literally just got abused by my own boyfriend and you're talking to me like I'm garbage. I know. Here. Uh Jason Check the back of my head. Check my wrist. He punched me out of me just now. And I forgot I got to get my paperwork. They're not going to let her Go arrest him. I'm pressing charges on him now. >> That's not how that works. Well, how does it work? >> told me to shut the [ __ ] up and not talk to you, but now you want to talk to me. >> I'm talking to her. How do I press charges? >> That's not how that works. I told you the same answer she did. How do I press charges on him? >> works. You're going to jail. That's fine. When can I press charges on him? >> take it up with your defense attorney when you get When I get out? Okay. That's all you had to say. You told me not to talk to you. You. You told me not to talk to you. You're not here for my help. You're here just to [ __ ] look down on me. We're here to arrest you. That's what we're here for. Um You. I'll see you in 20 minutes anyway. I did. Hey. Do you feel like you're ready? Okay. Good job. I'm going to get your arrest paperwork. Go ahead and get it. You. I'm going to go to the hospital with you, so you can calm me down all you want there. With her actions captured on footage, officers charge Ashley Kiera with aggravated domestic battery with a deadly weapon. She is currently detained at Palm Beach County Jail and her case is pending.