A North Carolina woman played a prank on her convicted felon boyfriend that made him believe she cheated on him - but it backfired horribly after he took her seriously. 

Shyhied Ivey, 20, shot at a packed car with five people inside on April 5 in Charlotte after his girlfriend, Nevaeh Covington, decided to pretend that she was romantically involved with another man, according to an affidavit reviewed by the Daily Mail. 

Officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to Columbus Circle after being dispatched over a report of assault with a deadly weapon just after midnight. 

Covington told police that she and four others - Gernala Covington, Quimya James, Damion Rann, and Nadiya Cousart-Thompson - were at Camp North End, a local shopping mall, getting food together earlier that night, according to records.  

She and Rann then decided to 'play a prank' on Ivey, her boyfriend of five months, which involved Rann calling Ivey and 'pretend to be cheating' with Covington. 

After relaying the message to Ivey, the five friends drove away, but soon realized they were being followed by Ivey in another car, as Covington had shared her location with him through Find My iPhone, she told police. 

An irate Ivey, who was arrested six times in 2024, then called Covington and started 'driving recklessly attempting to get them to pull over' while appearing to fire a handgun into the air multiple times. 

Covington and her friends pulled up to the intersection of Freedom Drive and Wesley Village Road, in the left turning lane, when her angry boyfriend pulled his vehicle up next to theirs and fired approximately three shots at Gernala Covington's red Nissan Altima. 

The suspect then fled the scene. Gernala's rear right window was shattered by the bullets, and no injuries were reported. 

Rann told police he also received a text message from Ivey around 1.32am, stating: 'Stop playing wimme bro.' 

Detectives were able to locate Ivey after finding footage captured by DOT cameras that showed his black Nissan Sedan pulling up on the right side of the red Nissan, the affidavit said. 

The clip also showed 'three bright bursts' coming from Ivey's vehicle as glass shattered inside Gernala's car. 

Officers also discovered a shell casing that 'appeared fresh and had no road marks' at the scene of the shooting, the report stated. 

Ivey has been charged with five counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, discharging a firearm into an occupied conveyance in operation, domestic violence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

He was sentenced on April 9 to 24 months of supervised probation. 

Ivey has an extensive criminal history, as he was arrested six times in 2024 for several crimes, including breaking and entering a motor vehicle and felony conspiracy, records showed. He was released for all of them. 

He was also arrested on March 24 for violating his probation and later released. 

The felon also pleaded guilty to larceny of a motor vehicle for a crime he committed on December 6, 2023, in Mecklenburg County. 

He is set to appear in court on April 23. 

The Daily Mail contacted the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s office and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for comment.