Man shot by Columbia police on Christmas Day indicted by grand jury
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A man who was shot by Columbia police on Christmas Day was indicted by a Boone County grand jury on Friday.
Marc Lucas, 31, of the state of California, was charged with first-degree arson, misdemeanor first-degree trespassing, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, a single count of armed criminal action and two counts of misdemeanor fourth-degree assault.
He is being held at the Boone County Jail. An arraignment is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday.
Court documents in previous reporting say Lucas allegedly set a couch on fire at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel at Grindstone Parkway and Highway 63. He then got into a fight with Holiday Inn Express employees after he was denied a room at that hotel, previous reporting indicates. He had also allegedly pulled out a knife during some point in the encounter.
Lucas then allegedly walked to a nearby Break Time gas station, pulled out the knife and threatened to assault someone while officers were there, the statement says.
Officers allegedly tried to use a stun gun while detaining Lucas, but Lucas then allegedly tried to attack one of the officers with a knife and he was shot, police wrote in a December press release.
