A woman allegedly attacked a mother during a custody exchange in Killeen on Saturday.
Stephanie Perez, 28, of Killeen was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, according to an affidavit obtained by the Herald Tuesday.
On Saturday at 7:54 p.m., a woman reportedly met with the father of her 6-year-old son in the Party City parking lot to exchange custody of the children when Perez struck the woman, the affidavit states.
“While the victim was giving (the father) diapers and milk, he wanted to talk to the victim about something someone told him,” the affidavit states. “The victim told him she did not want to talk about it and went back to her car. The suspect, Stephanie Perez, who was accompanying (the father), followed the victim and demanded that he talk. The victim refused and the suspect pulled out a 9mm handgun and threatened the victim.”
According to the affidavit, Perez allegedly struck the woman in the back of the head “more than once” before driving away with the father in the vehicle.
The injured woman reported the attack to the police on Saturday evening.
Killeen police said the woman was found bleeding on Saturday with “multiple abrasions consistent with a blow to the back of the head with a blunt object.”
According to the affidavit, Killeen police stopped a vehicle matching the suspect's description on Saturday. During a “probable cause search,” a tan 9mm Glock pistol was found in the vehicle's glove compartment.
Justice of the Peace Gregory Johnson arraigned Perez on Monday and set her bail at $100,000. Perez was booked into the Bell County Jail on Monday evening.
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