Alleged shooter a convicted felon

Published 12:00 am Thursday, January 8, 2009

NATCHEZ — The Natchez man arrested for allegedly shooting into an occupied dwelling Saturday is a convicted felon.

Transanthony Rondell Williams, 26, Apt. 703, 201 Lumber St., was charged with possession of a concealed weapon by a convicted felon.

Williams was already booked in the Natchez Police Department after being charged with aggravated assault manifesting extreme indifference to a life.

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Williams had reportedly gotten in an argument with a woman at a Cedar Hurst apartment Friday evening.

After being told to leave, Williams allegedly fired one shot into the apartment.

The bullet made entry through a window and struck the victim in the leg.

Sgt. Craig Godbold said after doing some research, the police department found out that Williams has been convicted of a felony.

In 2003, Williams was convicted of burglary in Adams County.

He was received a seven-year suspended sentence on the burglary, Godbold said.

Williams is being held without bond at the Natchez Police Department.