PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 A disagreement boiled over for a Phoenix woman, who punched a nail salon worker and opened fire on the building, according to new court paperwork released Monday.<\/p>\n
Investigators said Essence Mire, 26, got into an argument with an employee at Element Nail Bar at 16th Street and Bethany Home Road Sunday afternoon over the $15 cost to repair a broken fingernail.<\/p>\n
Mire punched the employee in the face and walked out, police said. She got a gun and fired it once, with the bullet hitting the front glass door and causing it to shatter, court paperwork said.<\/p>\n
Investigators said the salon had 18 people inside, with many of them running out the back door or hiding.<\/p>\n
Several people recorded what happened on their cellphone cameras.<\/p>\n
Mire then drove off from the salon. Police tracked her down to her home near Interstate 17 and Northern Avenue.<\/p>\n
Court documents said Mire admitted to punching the worker in the face and shooting at the business in hopes of intimidating the salon into getting her nail fixed for free.<\/p>\n
She was booked into jail on one count of aggravated assault, one count of discharging a firearm at a nonresidence, as well as charges of discharging a firearm in city limits and assault. Her bond was set at $100,000.<\/p>\n
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