YULEE, Fla. – Authorities have arrested a Nassau County sex offender accused of shooting his girlfriend in the stomach during a dispute, Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said.
Deputies took William Michael Johnson into custody about 11 a.m. in a wooded area off Catalina Drive, not far from where the victim was shot Tuesday afternoon.
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Johnson, 61, was booked into the Nassau County jail on felony charges of attempted homicide and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Leeper said Johnson is suspected of shooting 51-year-old Merry Ledene Millwood during a dispute outside a vacant home on Catalina Drive about 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Millwood was airlifted to UF Health Jacksonville with serious injuries. Her condition is not known.
A warrant was previously issued for Johnson's arrest after a Sept. 15 domestic dispute. Millwood told deputies Johnson struck her with a rake, but the case wasn't pursued because she was uncooperative.