Columbia police make arrest in December home invasion, shooting

The Columbia Police Department announced it made an arrest in a 2017 west Columbia home invasion and shooting.

According to police officers, Derrick Lamont Burnett Jr., 35, of Columbia was arrested near the intersection of W. Worley Street and Oak Street around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Arrest made in the home invasion & shooting in the 200 block of Loch Lane on December 3. Press release to come. #CoMo pic.twitter.com/3OVMzEf6gX

— ColumbiaPD (@ColumbiaPD) July 26, 2018

Burnett is accused in the home invasion and shooting that left one person hurt at a home in the 200 block of Loch Lane on Dec. 3.

Police arrested Burnett on possible charges of felony armed criminal action, felony unlawful use of a weapon, felony unlawful for certain persons to possess a concealable firearm, felony first-degree assault, felony first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and felony first-degree burglary with bonds to be set by the court.

Burnett is a convicted felon, which makes it illegal for him to have a firearm.

Investigators said police officers found a blood trail from the victims’ home that led toward an area where the suspects’ vehicle was last seen.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Lab later confirmed DNA taken from a swab of blood collected at the scene was a positive match Burnett.