UPDATE: Suspect in custody, charged in Stanford Drive shooting
UPDATE: The Boone County Sheriff’s Office confirms suspect Deangelo Montrez Butler was taken into custody and booked into the Boone County Jail Friday evening.
The Columbia Police Department said Butler turned himself at 6:30 p.m. He’s being held on a $500,000 cash only bond.
UPDATE: 4:45 P.M.: The Boone County Prosecutor’s charged Butler with first degree assault and armed criminal action in connection with the shooting on Stanford Drive.
According to a probable cause statement, the victim works as a bail bond agent and has known Butler for several months after posting a bond for him. She told police she was distributing wanted posters for Butler in the area of Stanford Drive Friday afternoon when she ran into him.
Court documents said Butler went into a duplex and walked out into the backyard after seeing the victim. The victim tells ABC 17 News he shot her in the knees and took off before police arrived.
The prosecutor’s office is requesting a $500,000 cash only bond.
UPDATE 3:55 P.M.: The suspect has been identified as Deangelo Montrez Butler, 27, of Columbia.
Butler is still at large and considered armed and dangerous.
If you have any information about Butler’s whereabouts, please contact the Columbia Police Department at (573) 874-7652, or call CrimeStoppers at (573) 875-TIPS (8477) to remain anonymous.
ORIGINAL STORY: A woman was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries Friday afternoon after a shooting in the 1700 block of Stanford Drive in west Columbia, according to police.
Columbia Police spokesperson Bryana Larimer said officers received reports of a gunshot wound victim around 12:05 p.m., prompting nearby Russell Boulevard Elementary into lockdown.
The suspect had fled the scene before police arrive. Larimer said it appears the victim and suspect knew each other. Larimer could not confirm whether the shooting happened inside or outside the home on Stanford.
ABC 17 News spoke to a neighbor who said he saw the women running up the street screaming she had been shot. He said he helped her inside the home he was doing contract work on next door and called 911.
Officers set up a perimeter in the neighborhood and brought in the K9 unit to try to track down the suspect, but was unsuccessful.
Officers are now looking for the suspect in other parts of the city where they believe he may be.
“At this time we definitely encourage anyone that sees suspicious activity or people in their neighborhood to contact law enforcement immediately,” Larimer said. “That information will then be directed to the detectives and officers that are currently investigating this circumstance.”
Police said the suspect is described as a black male, approximately 6 foot tall with a heavy build and short hair. He was last seen wearing a red shirt and light colored pants or shorts.
