A 21-year-old man is in custody in connection with shooting a female bicyclist twice in the back with a pellet gun on Tuesday (May 16) morning.

The Mobile Police Department took Wyatt Newburn of Citronelle into custody around 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning.

Around 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning bicyclist, Heather Nelson, 36, told police that she was riding her bike near Springhill Avenue and Tufthill lane when a suspect in a black truck began firing pellet gun rounds at her.

Nelson was shot twice in the back and had her helmet cracked by the pellet gun rounds.

Police said prior to that incident, another man jogging in the McGregor Avenue and Hillwood Road area was shot at three times. One of the rounds hit his mouth causing him to lose a tooth.

Newburn was seen leaving the scene of Nelson's shooting in a black truck with a license plate tag that read: 2BR4223.

Newburn has been charged with two counts of second-degree assault, probation violation, possession of a controlled substance, third-degree criminal mischief.

Nelson said she got a call from Mobile police about his arrest.

"I had a call just now that said he is in custody," said Nelson. "Thank the lord."

Newburn had previously been arrested for probation violation on March 28.

No court date has been set for Newburn at this time.