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LAKELAND — A woman shot her ex-boyfriend after police say he broke into her apartment and hit her early Monday morning.
Lakeland Police Department spokesman Gary Gross said the woman, 32-year-old Sheena Lawson, told responding officers that 26-year-old Ronald Williams of San Gully Road has repeatedly threatened her. She has been having friends stay with her because she was afraid of Williams.
Gross said just after 5 a.m., Williams broke the bedroom window of Lawson’s apartment on Kansas Avenue and climbed in. Williams’ friend, Kristasia Coby, ran to get help, knocking on a neighbor’s door and telling them to call police before Coby ran back to the apartment.
At 5:22 a.m., Officer Stephen Richburg arrived at the apartment building and was attempting to locate the address of the disturbance when he heard two gun shots.
Richburg saw Williams come out into the street with an apparent gunshot wound to the right knee. Richburg and other officers moved Williams and they took cover. Williams was driven to a safe location, where an ambulance transported him to the emergency room. Other officers cordoned off a crime scene and secured the area.
About ten minutes later, Coby and Lawson came out of the apartment. Lawson told officers that Williams was her ex-boyfriend and that he had broken her bedroom window and climbed into her apartment. Lawson had armed herself with a handgun and, in fear for her life, she fired at Williams several times, hitting him in the buttocks and the leg. That’s when Williams ran from the apartment and encountered Richburg.
Williams, who remains in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, is charged with burglary of an occupied dwelling with battery on an occupant, and battery (dating violence).
Ledger Reporter Kimberly C. Moore can be reached at kmoore@theledger.com or 863-802-7514. Follow her on twitter at @KMooreTheLedger.
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