Despite the best efforts of physicians to save his life, the 44-year-old victim of last week’s shooting at the downtown homeless shelter in St Augustine, has died in a Jacksonville Hospital.

A 27-year-old homeless man was arrested in St Augustine last night after he broke in to a truck parked in the lot at the Edgewater Inn on Anastasia Boulevard.

St Augustine Police reported to Historic City News today that they responded to a shooting call from the emergency shelter, St Francis House, located at 70 Washington Street. Emergency medical personnel arrived to find the 44-year-old victim, Joseph Edward Williams, with a gunshot wound to the neck.

A 12-year-old St Johns County boy is alive at this hour, after being pulled to safety yesterday evening according to information received by Historic City News today. The boy, Austin Wesp of St Augustine, went into the surf north of the Vilano Beach jetties, but he and two of his friends were quickly overcome by the force of the waves and rough current.

In accordance with Florida State Statute 775.21, this news release will serve as public notification that the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office has been given information that a person judged to be a sexual predator is now residing within St. Johns County.