WILDWOOD, Fla. – A 40-year-old Lady Lake man was arrested after a woman was shot in the neck outside a home, according to the Wildwood Police Department.
Around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, police officers responded to a home on S. Warfield Ave. after a caller reported hearing an argument between a man and a woman, followed by a single gunshot. Officers arrived to find a woman with a gunshot wound to the neck lying in the driveway. She was airlifted to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to an arrest report.
Officers then spotted Robert Anthony Morgan, 40, crawling under a garage door and jumping into a backyard pool before pulling him from the water and detaining him.
The victim’s mother told investigators there is an extensive history of domestic abuse between Morgan and the victim. She said she witnessed Morgan dragging the victim back onto the property after the shooting, and that when she asked whether he had called for an ambulance, Morgan replied, “She’s fine.” She also told police that Morgan threatened to shoot her if she contacted law enforcement.
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Morgan, who police said is a convicted felon, was booked into the Sumter County Jail on no bond and charged with attempted felony murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and discharging a firearm in public or on residential property. He’s expected to make a first appearance on Monday.
If you need help getting out of an abusive situation, or getting help for someone you care about, you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text “START” to 88788. You can also go to the hotline website and chat with a representative.