ORLANDO, Fla. – A 44-year-old man is facing multiple charges after police say he fired dozens of rifle rounds from inside his apartment, sending bullets into a neighboring unit where a couple was preparing dinner, according to an arrest affidavit.
Orlando police said that they responded on Jan. 14 to the Vista Verde apartments on South Kirkman Road around 6:55 p.m. after receiving a call regarding gunshots at the apartment.
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According to the affidavit, a husband and wife heard knocking on the shared wall in their apartment and moments later, reported hearing several loud bangs they recognized as gunfire. The couple took cover until the shooting stopped.
Officers arrived and escorted the couple from their apartment, where they reported finding multiple bullet holes. Police said the gunfire originated from the adjacent apartment unit.
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Police said a safety sweep of the neighboring apartment revealed bullet holes through the oven, shattered glass on the cooktop, spent rifle casings on the floor and three rounds that pierced the front window from the inside. No one was found inside.
Police said that after clearing the apartment and waiting for a search warrant, they tried unsuccessfully to identify who occupied the unit.
Detectives noted the apartment appeared actively lived-in, with furniture, e-bikes and a strong odor of cigarette smoke.
After receiving the warrant, officers later found 25 spent rifle casings, a rifle hidden under a couch with a live round “stovepiped” in the chamber, and several items identifying Kevin Lee Anderson as the resident, including mail, prescription bottles and handwritten notes. A black Jeep Liberty registered to Anderson was parked outside the building, investigators said.
Police said rifle rounds penetrated the walls of the victims’ apartment, including one that passed inches from where the couple had been standing in the kitchen before striking the sink faucet and continuing into the bathroom.
A criminal history check showed Anderson was a convicted felon prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.
The affidavit does not state where Anderson was arrested, but it shows he faces charges of attempted felony murder, aggravated assault with a firearm, shooting into an occupied dwelling, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
He is being held without bond.