BY DAN HILDEBRAN
Telegraph Staff Writer
STARKE— A Lake City man and a Starke woman were arrested after the man allegedly fired from the woman’s vehicle at the intersection of Starke’s U.S. 301 and State Road 100.
Thomas Lee Williams, 21, was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm from a vehicle. Tamesha Keyon Haygood, 29, was arrested for being an accessory after the fact.
According to court papers, the victim told a Bradford detective that he was attempting to return his son to the child’s mother: Haygood on Tuesday, Aug. 1.
“(The victim) advised that he was attempting to call Tamesha Haygood to return their child that they have in common,” wrote Detective Hunter Redding in a sworn complaint. “(The victim) advised Haygood was not answering the phone; however, he saw her pull into the Shell Station next to the gas pumps.”
The victim added that he pulled alongside the mother’s red Honda Accord and returned the child to her. He said a male in the Honda, later identified as Williams, then rolled down a window “as if he wanted to do something.”
The victim added that he ordered Williams out of the car, but the Accord drove off. The victim followed the car to the intersection of U.S. 301 and State Road 100.
“While at the red light,” Redding reported, “(the victim) threw a water bottle at Haygood’s car. (The victim) advised that Williams rolled the window down and he heard three gunshots.”
Redding added that Starke police found three spent shell casings in the outside, southbound lane of 301 where the shooting occurred.
Surveillance video from the Shell gas station showed the victim’s black Dodge Challenger within 10 feet of the Honda at the time of the incident.
After Bradford officials issued a BOLO for the pair, Columbia County deputies spotted the red Accord in the parking lot of a Lake City Dollar General. Haygood was in the car, but Williams was not.
When Bradford detectives arrived to interview Haygood, she refused to answer questions.
“At this time, it is believed that Haygood dropped Williams off at an unknown location to conceal his whereabouts,” wrote Redding.
The Lake City man was later arrested.
