Two teens charged in connection with Saturday night shooting on SW Archer Road

Staff report

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – 17-year-old Ryan Williams has been arrested as a juvenile for allegedly shooting at two victims on Saturday night on SW Archer Road; 18-year-old Elijah Ray Mark has been charged via sworn complaint for his role in the incident.

At about 10 p.m. on May 2, Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report that shots were fired in the 12800 block of SW Archer Road. Deputies spoke with two victims who reported that they had argued with two teens they knew outside a gas station at SW 122nd Street and SW Archer Road. The victims said the argument ended when they drove away, but the suspects followed them.

The victims said they pulled into a residential driveway, and the suspects pulled in behind them and made a derogatory statement before one of the suspects started shooting. Nobody was injured in the shooting, and the suspects fled in their vehicle.

Deputies and detectives have identified 17-year-old Ryan Williams as the shooter, and he has been arrested; additional evidence was reportedly recovered at the time of his arrest. He has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm from a vehicle within 1,000 feet of another person.

A sworn complaint has been filed against the driver, 18-year-old Elijah Ray Mark.