Man charged after allegedly firing gun into multiple apartment walls
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Prosecutors charged a Columbia man Friday in connection with a shots fired incident and for having a stolen gun.
Z’Kardia Williams, 19, was charged with two counts of armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, misdemeanor fourth-degree assault, shooting at a building, resisting arrest and stealing. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A hearing has not been scheduled. Court documents allege the charges stem from multiple incidents.
The first incident happened on May 11. Investigators wrote in a probable cause statement that Williams pointed a gun at someone after that person asked him to leave a home. Williams also allegedly threatened to “shoot the house up,” court documents say.
The second incident happened early Thursday morning, according to another probable cause statement. Williams is accused of firing a round through a wall at an apartment complex on Clark Lane. Investigators wrote that they found what appeared to be multiple bullet holes at the scene. Two of the bullet holes were in a bathroom of the home and a shell casing was found in a trash bag, the statement says.
Multiple witnesses reported hearing a loud "boom," court documents say. A person described as a witness allegedly kicked Williams out of their apartment and showed law enforcement a conversation from a messaging app where Williams and the witness discussed him shooting the gun, the statement says. Williams alleged in the messages that the gun was broke, court documents say.
According to court documents, officers went to arrest Williams just before 2 p.m. that same day at a home in the 4600 block of Alan Lane. Police said Williams jumped out of a window on the second floor. An officer pointed a gun at Williams, and it took multiple officers to handcuff him as he resisted, the statement says.
Police wrote in a probable cause statement that Williams told a detective he had cleared the pistol six times before pointing it at a mirror and firing it once. He said he left the home immediately after.
According to a probable cause statement, investigators served a search warrant at the home on Alan Lane. Officers found a gun in the garage that had been reported stolen in Columbia in April. Police wrote the weapon had ammunition that matched the evidence found at the shooting scene.
Online court records show Williams is currently on probation for previously being found with a stolen gun.
