FORT PIERCE — Upset his girlfriend apparently spoke to an ex-boyfriend, a man is accused of discharging a fire extinguisher in a less-than-amorous encounter.

Bonnie Lee Mitchel, 58, of the 700 block of North 7th Street in Fort Pierce, was arrested Feb. 12 after Fort Pierce police said he interfered with the use of fire equipment, an affidavit states.

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One woman told police that Mitchel and his girlfriend quarreled “because her ex-boyfriend was trying to talk to (her),” an affidavit states.

The woman said Mitchel disapproves of his girlfriend chatting with other men.

The woman said she got between them to de-escalate things. That, she said, made Mitchel upset “so he pulled the fire extinguisher off the wall and discharged it at her, but he missed,” the affidavit states.

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Mitchel’s girlfriend also told police Mitchel shot off the fire extinguisher, a device used to extinguish fires.

Mitchel said when the woman intervened “he started going off.”

He said the woman had an attitude and walked away.

He said she exited her room with a BB gun and pointed it at him.

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