A Tallahassee man was arrested on multiple attempted murder charges after a shooting Monday evening in Havana left a woman wounded, according to the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were notified about 6:10 p.m. Sept. 28 of a shooting in the area of Florida-Georgia Highway and Sierra Road in Havana, the Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post on Wednesday afternoon.
When deputies arrived, they found a female victim suffering from a gunshot wound. Witnesses told investigators the suspect or suspects fled southbound on U.S. Highway 27 toward Leon County.
The Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division responded and launched an investigation that ultimately identified Orlando Charles Kelly as a suspect.
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With assistance from the Tallahassee Police Department, Kelly was located at an apartment complex on Ocala Road in Tallahassee and taken into custody without incident, authorities said.
Kelly was ultimately arrested and charged with three counts of attempted second-degree murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle. He was transported to the Gadsden County Jail.
Details about the victim’s condition and the circumstances leading up to the shooting were not immediately released.
The Sheriff’s Office said the investigation remains open and active.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: GCSO: Tallahassee man fired shots into vehicle, injured woman in Havana