2 Jefferson City men accused of firing shots in Columbia Waffle House parking lot

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Two Jefferson City men were accused of firing shots at a vehicle on April 26 at a Waffle House on the north side of Columbia.

Damonte Jones was charged on Friday with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is not currently listed on an online jail roster.

Police announced on Thursday that they arrested D’Monte Lee, 19, on suspicion of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. Charges have not been filed on Casenet for Lee as of Friday afternoon. He is being held at the Cole County Jail.

The probable cause statement says the men were at the Waffle House on Vandiver Drive at 2:53 a.m.

Lee allegedly got out of a Ford, stood between two vehicles, pulled out a gun and shot at a vehicle on Range Line Street, police wrote that they saw from video in the area. Police wrote a second man also fired shots at the vehicle.  

A witness allegedly identified Jones as the second shooter while Jefferson City police investigated another case on April 30 that allegedly involved Jones pointing a gun at someone, the statement says. Police wrote that there was a National Integrated Ballistic Information Network match for Jones’ gun and shell casings found at the scene.