Documents:Read the dramatic details of how Mia Williams was caught and arrested

1:05 p.m. update

The suspect in Wednesday night's violent attack on a woman inside a Tallahassee Taco Bell has been booked into the Leon County Detention Center.

Mia Williams, 32, was arrested on charges of premeditated homicide, aggravated assault on an officer or firefighter and resisting an officer without violence, according to court records. It wasn't clear whether the homicide charge listed in court records was actually an attempted homicide charge.

Williams' first court appearance is set for 11 a.m. Friday at the Leon County Courthouse.

12:20 p.m. Thursday update

Mia Williams, the suspect arrested after allegedly lighting a woman on fire Wednesday night at the Taco Bell on South Monroe Street, and possibly linked to a series of overnight and early morning fires, is a former client at the Kearney Center.

“We have her last day as Nov. 11, 2018, almost a year ago,” said Audra Peoples, communications director for CESC, Inc., the parent company of the Kearney Center on West Pensacola Street.

Peoples said records show Williams first checked in on July 18, 2016, but that doesn’t mean Williams was staying there the entire time.

“Many of our clients come and go,” she said.

Police first described Williams as a man, then later said Williams identifies as a female.

11:30 a.m. Thursday update

The Tallahassee Fire Department has confirmed it is investigating several fires overnight that may be tied to a suspect arrested in connection to a woman being set on fire Wednesday evening at the Taco Bell on South Monroe Street.

In addition to this morning’s car fire and dumpster fire at the Mag Lab, the department responded to two car fires on West Gaines Street and two more on Lake Avenue.

The department also battled a fire at the Providence Baptist Church, 1901 Hillsborough St., not far from the MagLab location.

The church was founded about 30 years ago and has been in the current location for about 25 years. The Providence community is named after the church.

The fires were reported hours after the incident at Taco Bell on South Monroe Street.

Mia Williams, 32, was taken into custody in connection to the Taco Bell incident around 5 a.m. around Pensacola Street and White Drive, said Rachelle Denmark, a spokeswoman for the Tallahassee Police Department.

8:45 a.m. Thursday update

After a long, overnight search, Tallahassee police arrested a person accused of dousing a woman with gasoline and lighting her on fire Wednesday night at a local Taco Bell.

Mia Williams, 32, was taken into custody around 5 a.m. around Pensacola Street and White Drive, said Rachelle Denmark, a spokeswoman for the Tallahassee Police Department.

Williams walked into the fast food restaurant on South Monroe Street just south of Orange Avenue during its busy dinner rush, sometime around 6:15 p.m. The suspect ran away on foot, prompting a massive search effort by local law enforcement.

"TPD officers and investigators have worked throughout the night to locate the suspect in the attempted murder at Taco Bell last night," Denmark said in a news release.

The victim was taken to the nearby North Florida Fairgrounds, where she was picked up by a helicopter and airlifted to the hospital with serious burn injuries. Police have not released the victim's name or updated her condition since last night.

Investigators said Wednesday night they were unsure whether the alleged perpetrator knew the victim or whether the victim was a customer or employee.

In addition to TPD's Violent Crimes Unit, the Tallahassee Fire Department, the state Fire Marshal's Office and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are investigating.

Denmark did not specify what charges Williams will face, though she said that information will be released later. It was not clear whether Williams has been booked into the Leon County Detention Facility.

"We will update all the charges in our next press release update," she said.

It wasn't immediately clear whether the Taco Bell fire was connected to a subsequent vehicle fire earlier this morning outside Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory on East Paul Dirac Drive.

The Consolidated Dispatch Agency got a call about the Mag Lab fire at 6:30 a.m., about an hour and a half after Williams was arrested. However, the blaze was out by the time firefighters arrived. While on scene, firefighters spotted smoke from nearby a nearby dumpster area and extinguished the fire.

"The Mag Lab fire is an open and active investigation," Denmark said. "I don’t have any additional information."

Wednesday night story

Tallahassee police are searching for a suspect who entered a Taco Bell on South Monroe Street, doused a woman with gasoline and set her ablaze.

TPD responded around 6:15 p.m. to the eatery at 2806 S. Monroe Street in response to an aggravated battery that turned out to be an attempted murder. By the time officers arrived, the suspect had run away.

The victim was taken to the nearby North Florida Fairgrounds and airlifted to a hospital with serious burn injuries.

Hours after the attack, TPD identified the suspect as Mia Williams, 32. A news release from TPD spokesman Damon Miller said Williams "identifies as a black female" and "was last seen wearing a black shirt with white writing, tan capri styled pants, and a red wrap on her head. Williams also had several necklaces around their neck."

TPD initially held off on providing a description of the suspect until they could review the security camera footage, but FAMU police sent out an alert to students saying the suspect was wearing a red turban and beige shorts and was last seen heading south away from campus

TPD’s Violent Crimes Unit, the Tallahassee Fire Department, the State Fire Marshal’s Office and ATF all responded to the scene, said Miller.

”At this time, (investigators) are on scene trying to basically solve this puzzle, to figure out why this heinous crime was committed,” he said.

Miller said investigators don’t know whether the suspect knew the woman or what may have led to the attack.

”I don’t know if the victim was an employee or just someone inside,” Miller said.

Anyone with information is asked to call TPD at (850) 891-4200 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 574-TIPS.