Sara-Nicole Morales (April 7, 1986 – November 20, 2021)[1] was shot and killed in the front yard[2] of her mother's house in Orange City, Florida, United States.

While returning home from her job at a Volusia County library, she had become embroiled in a road rage incident with a local motorcyclist, during which she had intentionally struck his vehicle with hers, an act witnessed by two nearby motorists.

[3] Around 5:10 p.m. on November 20, 2021, Morales was driving her blue Kia back from the DeLand Regional Library south on Volusia Avenue (U.S. routes 17 and 92) to her Orange City home.

[3] The motorcyclist said he drove past her driver's side window and waved his hand to express his astonishment, then decided to hasten back to his home.

[3] Fearing Morales was about to shoot at him, the first motorcyclist drew the .45-caliber pistol he had a permit to carry concealed and fired eight[6] times from 15 feet (5 m) away.

[3] Five of those rounds struck Morales;[7] dispatchers heard the shots in the background of their conversation with one of the witnesses to the original accident who was still on the phone.

[3] Morales was still breathing,[9] and was taken to Halifax Hospital where she was pronounced dead shortly after arrival due to the heavy blood loss.

[7] The man who shot her was described by police as cooperating with their investigation and they had not charged him pending a decision by the state's attorney's office, so he was released.

[7] Police found five of the ejected shell casings from his gun near where he had stood, and marks on Morales's Kia that appeared to correspond to the damage to the saddlebags on the man's motorcycle.

[6] In the days after the shooting, the Orange City police released audio of the 9-1-1 calls made from the scene[5] and bodycam footage of the immediate aftermath.

The man who killed Morales refused to comment when contacted by a local newspaper;[3] he had earlier told WOFL he felt he "had no choice" but to shoot at the time.

[7] The county closed the two libraries where Morales had worked, in Pierson as well as DeLand, to give employees who had known her time to grieve, as well as counselors if they wanted.

"[3] A family friend established a GoFundMe page to support Morales's daughter; other library employees donated to it and bought Christmas gifts for the girl.

The Orange City Police Department concluded after a thorough investigation that the suspect would not be charged with a crime," they said in a news release.