FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — The suspect casually chatted with a Fort Pierce manager before emptying his gun into her and bragging he felt “no remorse,” chilling new court documents reveal.

According to a criminal complaint obtained Friday, 20-year-old Landen Julian Ballard was captured on Ring surveillance video on Tuesday engaging in “casual conversation” with store manager and victim, 35-year-old Lazaro Rodriguez Vega, for several minutes before the attack.

The affidavit states that while they spoke, Ballard was seen “fiddling with his phone” and “bouncing his leg” in anticipation.

An employee at We Buy Gold and Silver said she was supposed to help out with Ballard’s job interview during the time of the shooting. She describes her conversation with the victim earlier in the day.

“It was at the end of the day. We’re supposed to do it together side by side, and they went to the other store first and then came here, and then that was it,” said Tina Dirkes.

The footage reportedly shows Ballard retrieving a 9mm handgun and hiding it on his knee before firing an initial shot into Vega’s shoulder. As she stood up to escape, Ballard allegedly fired three more rounds into her chest and continued shooting until his magazine was empty.

A witness who drove Ballard to and from the scene told investigators that Ballard was “bragging” afterward, asking, “Is it bad that I have no remorse?”

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Officers with the Fort Pierce Police Department say they were alerted to the shooting at We Buy Gold, in the 4600 block of South U.S. 1 after a colleague found Vega lying in a pool of blood.

During a controlled phone call monitored by detectives, Ballard told the witness that Vega was “definitely not breathing” and mentioned plans to flee to New York.

The investigation subsequently led investigators to Indrio Road, where a discarded M&P Shield 9mm firearm was recovered near I-95. Ballard was eventually apprehended at his mother’s house on Carlton Court with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service.

In addition to first-degree premeditated murder and tampering with evidence, Ballard is charged with violation of probation.

At the time of the shooting, he was serving community supervision for a 2025 case involving written threats to kill or injure, according to previous reports.