17-year-old charged as adult after allegedly shooting at Jefferson City apartment on day after Christmas

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A 17-year-old has been charged as an adult after authorities claim he shot at a Jefferson City apartment building on Dec. 26.

Bryson Little, of Jefferson City, was charged on Thursday in Cole County with shooting at a building, armed criminal action, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and delivery of a controlled substance. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond, though a mugshot was not available on Thursday evening.

The probable cause statement says shots were fired at an apartment building that contained multiple people, including youth, at 4:48 p.m. that day in the 500 block of East Elm Street. Little was detained shortly after and police found eight shell casings on the ground along with a gift basket, as well as bullet holes in the building, the statement says.

Someone described as a witness had allegedly told police that one of the victims had pulled a gun on them the day prior and that victim had been “bothering” Little, the statement says.

Police wrote that Little also had marijuana with him when he was detained.