Shooting in Columbia Christmas Eve night
A Columbia woman is recovering after being by struck by a bullet fired into a home on Christmas Eve.
Police say several adults and children were in a house on Benton Street when the woman was wounded around 10 p.m. Tuesday. Several rounds were fired into the home, but only the 41-year-old woman was hit by a bullet that came through a wall.
The woman was taken to a hospital with injuries that police said were not life-threatening. A tracking dog from the Boone County Sheriff’s Department was brought to the scene but was unable to lead officers to a suspect.
The victim was transported to a local area hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
There is no suspect information.
