The Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) has arrested a teen after shots were fired Friday afternoon on the eastbound exit ramp at I-10 and Thomasville Road.
According to reports, three vehicles were hit and two people in separate vehicles were struck. A woman was hurt and a man was seriously injured.
LCSO, with help from the Capital Region Real Time Crime Center, identified a person of interest and determined that one of the victims was known to the suspect and was the intended target.
LCSO arrested 17-year-old Jakhari Williams. Williams is charged with two counts of Attempted Murder and three counts of Shooting into an Occupied Vehicle.
“I’d like to say a heart-felt thank you to our LCSO team and members of the Real Time Crime Center, who worked tirelessly, non-stop, to bring a successful and swift conclusion to this investigation,” said Sheriff Walt McNeil.
LCSO press release:
Friday, October 3rd, at approximately 5:23 p.m., the Leon County Sheriff’s Office responded after gunshots were fired, hitting three vehicles on the eastbound ramp at I-10 and Thomasville Rd. Two individuals, in separate vehicles, were also struck as the suspect, a passenger in an additional vehicle, fired gunshots into traffic.
One victim, an adult black male, was life flighted to a hospital outside of the county with serious injuries. The second victim, an adult white female, was taken to a local hospital and treated for non life threatening injuries.
Through investigative means, LCSO detectives and criminal analysts, as well as analysts at the Capital Region Real Time Crime Center, identified a person of interest and determined that one of the shooting victims, the adult black male, was known to the suspect and was the intended target of the shooting.
LCSO investigators worked through the night, following leads, obtaining search warrants and interviewing witnesses.
This afternoon, LCSO arrested 17-year-old Jakhari Williams. Williams is charged with two counts of Attempted Murder and three counts of Shooting into an Occupied Vehicle.
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What a shocking development. An underage black male with a gun attempting to murder another black male. Great work by LCSO getting this punk so quickly. Friends, these types of attacks (where others, not just the target, are in danger) are rare in our area. If you want to keep it that way you must defeat Jeremy Matlow and any other like-minded Democrat/Socialist in the next election. He/they hate law enforcement and will do all he/they can to gut it. As Jon Ausman recently noted, the local Democrat party needs an enema removing the extremists from leadership.