Ocala man shoots girlfriend, hides gun on I-75 overpass, officers say

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) – Officers arrested a man they say shot his girlfriend last Saturday in Ocala.

Donald Roberts Jr., 36, faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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Ocala Police Department officers say Roberts chased his girlfriend to the second floor of the Motel Six on Northwest Blitchton Road and then shot her in the back.

Officers say they later found Roberts and a revolver hidden in a nearby I-75 overpass.

The girlfriend was taken to the hospital for treatment.

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