Man indicted in St. Augustine double murder

Johnny Williams charged with 2 murders, 3 counts attempted murder, 8 felonies

St. Johns County booking photo of Johnny Williams

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The St. Johns County grand jury indicted Johnny Williams Jr. on Monday, charging him with 11 felony counts, including the April 5 shooting death of his girlfriend, Jamie Wilson, 24, and 18-year-old Keiwuan Murry. Williams and Wilson's toddler and a second woman were injured in the double shooting.

The shootings were less than a mile apart in West Augustine.

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Williams was arrested last month at a Jacksonville convenience store. 

Williams is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted first-degree murder, grand theft of a vehicle, carjacking two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and two counts of child abuse.

St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar said that after Wilson, Williams, their 2-month-old son and a 4-year-old niece got out of a car in front of a home on Rollins Avenue, Williams shot Wilson. He then got back into the car and hit a stroller holding the baby before driving a few blocks to the corner of Duval and Fourth streets, where his mother lives. 

Shoar said that after talking with his mom, Williams went outside and shot at a group of people where Murray was standing, and Brittany Tobler, 28, was also hit by gunfire. Shoar said Williams had an ongoing dispute with a group of people that included Murray and Tobler that had nothing to do with why he shot Wilson.

The police report said that Williams approached Murray and other sitting on a porch of a house and without warning pulled an assault rifle and shot Murray several times at close range.

Two witnesses identified Williams as the shooter, the report said.

Tobler and the baby hit by the car were taken to Flagler Hospital for treatment. Both were treated and released.

Investigators later confirmed that the maroon Ford Contour deputies believed Williams used to leave St. Augustine had been stolen. That car was found abandoned that night on Kenmore Street, just off Norwood Avenue in northwest Jacksonville. 

Shoar said that investigators had reason to believe Williams was hiding in Jacksonville, which is where he was later found.