Gainesville man arrested after allegedly shooting at girlfriend’s car on I-75

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Kelvin Jamal Williams, 29, was arrested yesterday and charged with attempted homicide after allegedly shooting a hollowpoint bullet at his girlfriend’s car on I-75.

At about 4 p.m. on December 26, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy and Florida Highway Patrol Trooper responded to the victim’s car near the southbound 381 mile marker on I-75. The victim said Williams chased her car while riding a motorcycle on I-75, pointed a handgun at her vehicle, and shot at least one round at it. She said she and Williams had been arguing earlier in the day.

At about 4:28 p.m., a deputy responded to Bellamy Grand Apartments (2625 SW 75th St.), where he found Williams outside his apartment; post Miranda, Williams denied shooting at the victim. He reportedly said he had a firearm stored in a case in a backpack in his possession and a second handgun in his apartment; the deputy reported finding a Glock 43 in the backpack and a Glock 19 in the apartment.

A bullet hole was reportedly found on the victim’s vehicle, with the bullet visible. The bullet was retrieved and reportedly matched the hollow-point ammunition that was loaded in Williams’s handguns and magazines.

Williams has been charged with attempted homicide. He has no criminal history; Judge Meshon Rawls ordered him held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s office to hold him without bail until trial.

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