EVIDENTLY CAUGHT BY
SURPRISE.
THIS ACCUSED DOUBLE MURDERER
FROM SAINT AUGUSTINE NOW
CAPTURED HERE IN JACKSONVILLE.
POLICE CAN PRAISED FOR FINDING
JOHNNY WILLIAMS AT LOCAL
CONVENIENCE STORE.
JSO PART AND THE PART THAT
FINALLY GOT A FUGITIVE OFF THE
STREET THAT WAS IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT AROUND THE
CORNER MY KIDS AROUND HERE.
THEY FOUND WILLIAMS FEW
HOURS AGO AT A STORE ON
JACKSONVILLE NORTH SIDE 5 DAYS
AFTER U.S. MARSHALL OFFERED A
5,000 DOLLAR REWARD FOR
INFORMATION LEADING TO HIS
ARREST.
WITNESSES POLICE USED A
SLEDGE HAM TORE BREAK THE
WINDOW OF THE VEHICLE WANTED
MAN WAS IN AND PULLED HIM OUT.
THIS IS VIDEO OF THE VEHICLE
BEING TOWED AWAY.
TWO REPORTS ON THE BREAKING
STORY WE BEGIN OUR COVERAGE
WITH ASHLEY MITCH HAM LIVE
FROM THE NORTH SIDE.
ASHLEY.
IT WAS A SCARY SITUATION
HERE FOR NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE
NEAR THE NORWOOD CONVENIENCE
STORE BEHIND
ME THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS
GOING ON BUT THEY PRAISE THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR CATCHING
MURDER SUSPECT JOBY WILLIAMS.
THINKS A PICTURE JACKSONVILLE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE POSTED OF
36-YEAR-OLD JOHNNY WILLIAMS
CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE FEW
VALUE COUNTY JAIL BEING
INTERVIEWED BY DETECTIVES.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARRESTED
WILLIAMS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF
THE U.S. MARSHAL SERVICE.
WE SPOKE WITH A WITNESS WHO
FILMED THIS VIDEO OF THE
ARREST.
THE ROSS TOLD US THAT THERE
WERE ABOUT 15 OFFICERS
SURROUNDING THE CAR THAT
WILLIAMS WAS N.ROSS SAYS POLICE
USE A SLEDGE HAM TORE BREAK IN
THE WINDOW AND PULL WILLIAMS
OUT.
I SEEN THE POLICE COME OUT
THEY GAVE THE MAN NUMEROUS
TIMES TO GET ASK HIM OVER AND
OVER AGAIN COME OUT OF THE
VEHICLE DIDN'T DO IT.
HE KEPT BEING STUBBORN.
INVESTIGATORS SAY LAST
TUESDAY WILLIAMS KILLED THIS
GIRLFRIEND.
24-YEAR-OLD
SON.
THEY SAY HE WENT TO THE
MONOMOM'S HOUSE NEARBY AND SHOT
AT GROUP OF PEOPLE HAD HE
ONGOING DISPUTE WITH.
MURRAY WAS A PART OF THE GROUP
AND WAS KILLED.
WE HAVE THIS STATEMENT FROM
MURRAY'S MOTHER HAPPY HER SON
IS OKAY AND IN CUSTODY OF THE
POLICE.
ALSO SAYS HE WAS IN THE PROCESS
OF TURNING HIMSELF IN AND SHE
SAID HER THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
ARE WITH THE VICTIM FAMILY.
THAT'S WHERE WE FIND FRANCESCA
IN SAINT JOHNS COUNTY AT
VIEWING FOR HIS GIRLFRIEND.
JAMIE WILLIAMS.
TOM?
Reporter: AS ASHLEY SAID
LOVED ONES AND FRIEND OF JAMIE
WILSON PREPARING TO SAY THE
FINAL GOODBYE AT THE VIEWING IN
SAINT AUGUSTINE WHICH WILL
BEGIN SHORTLY.
FRANCESCA IS JOINING US LIVE.
SHE SPOKE WITH A FAMILY MEMBER
BY PHONE.
FRAN DO YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION ON HOW WILSON'S
BABY IS DOING.
Reporter: I CERTAINLY DO
THAT.
THAT TWO MONTH OLD THE BOY IS
CURRENTLY IN CHILD PROTECTIVE
SERVICES SERVICES BUT AFTER --
AFTER 33-YEAR-OLD JOHNNY
WILLIAMS JUNIOR WAS CAUGHT BY
POLICE THIS LITTLE BABY WILL BE
ABLE TO RETURN TO HIS FAMILY.
IN THE PAST FEW MINUTES WE HAVE
THE FAMILY THAT HAS JUST
ARRIVED TO THIS CHURCH ABOUT AN
HOUR EARLY.
RIGHT NOW YOU LOOK AT FEW
FAMILY MEMBERS ESCORTING THE
BODY OF JAMIE WILSON INTO THE
CHURCH OF SAINT PAUL A.M. E.
NOW I GO AHEAD AND ALSO SHOW
YOU SOME OF THE FOOTAGE THAT WE
WERE ABLE TO GET.
THIS WAS AT THE SCENE.
THIS IS THE MEMORY THAT THIS
FAMILY CONTINUES TO PLAY OVER
AND OVER IN THEIR HEAD.
AGAIN THIS BODY HAS JUST BEEN
ESCORTED INTO THIS CHURCH.
FAMILY WILL BE SAYING ONE OF
THE LAST GOODBYES HERE AT SAINT
PAUL A.M. E BUT WHEN I ASKED
THEM HOW THEY ARE FEELING TODAY
AS FAR AS GETTING THIS NEWS
THAT THE PERSON WHO MAY HAVE
KILLED JAMIE WILSON WAS
ARRESTED.
THEY SAY THIS IS A CELEBRATION
THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.
THE FAMILY IS JUST OVER
JOYED.
WE JUST TEAL SO BLESSED THAT
GOD JUST BASICALLY SHED THE
LIGHT ON THIS BOY AND TOOK HIM
OUT OF HIDING.
OVER JOY JUST GLAD THIS
HAPPENED BEFORE HER WAKE AND
HER HOME GOING CELEBRATION SO
WE CAN ALL JUST BE THANKFUL AND
BE AT PEACE.
JUST COUPLE PINTO BEFORE I
WENT LIVE I SPOKE WITH THE
NIECE, THE COUSIN ALSO THE
GRAND MOTHER OF JAMIE WILSON.
ALMOST STARTED PREACHING TO ME.
THEY SAID THEY HAD BEEN PRAYING
FOR THIS DAY AND THEY WERE
PRAYING THAT HE WAS CAPTURED
BEFORE HER VIEWING TODAY AND
THEY SAID PRAYER CHANGES
THINGS.
INTERVIEW COMING UP NEW AT 6:00
O'CLOCK.
REPORTING LIVE IN SAINT
AUGUSTINE, CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL
STATION.
WE ARE STILL WAIT TO GO
LEARN HOW POLICE FOUND JOHNNY
WILLIAMS TODAY.
BUT WE KNOW SOCIAL MEDIA PLAYED
A ROLE IN SPREADING THE WORD
ABOUT THE MAN HUNT.
JOY JOINS US WITH THAT.
Reporter: WE TOLD EVEN THE
U.S. MARSHALL RELEASED A
WANTED POSTER WITH JOHNNY
WILLIAMS PHOTO ON IT COUPLE
DAYS AGO THAT HELPED KEEP THE
CASE ALIVE.
WE POST THAT HAD TO OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE AND AS OF 30
MINUTES AGO IT HAS BEEN SHARED
MORE THAN 2500 TIMES.
ST. JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE ALSO PUT THE POSTER ON
ITS PAGE.
THAT WAS SHARED MORE THAN 350
TIMES.
BY THE WAY IF YOU HAVEN'T
ALREADY WE ENCOURAGE TO YOU
LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
THAT WAY YOU GET BREAKING IN TO
US SHARE WITH THE FRIENDS AND
FAMILY.
SEARCH OUR WEB SITE OR THE
LOCAL STATION.
WE HAVE EVEN MORE COVERAGE
OF THE STORY ON OUR WEB SITE
AND THE NEWS 4 JAX APP
INCLUDING THE FULL VIDEO OF
TODAY ARREST.