Suspect in custody after shooting outside Ahmonta Harris funeral
UPDATE: Columbia Police confirm they have arrested one person after a shooting during a funeral service. Police identified the suspect as 18-year-old, John Kenneth Cosey Jr.
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Police confirm they are investigating gun shots that were fired outside of Christian Fellowship Church during the funeral services for Ahmonta Harris.
No injuries were reported, according to the Columbia Police Department.
Police say there is no immediate threat to the public. “The incident was an isolated incident, and we are currently investigating it. As any new information is learned it will be shared,” the message from the CPD twitter account said.
“Obviously this is a very scary situation for the community, at this point we do not believe there is a threat to the community, this was a specific incident for a specific individual,” CPD Assistant Police Chief John Gordon said.
Harris died from gunshot wounds on Limoges drive last month.
ABC 17 News talked with a witness who attended the funeral and was outside the church as gun shots rang out.
“It’s saddening, and it hurts and its a little scary because not only worrying about myself but worrying about the other people there in the parking lot.” He did not want to be identified. “It’s just a great loss, good man,” he said.
CPD said there was a round of seven gunshots, followed by more witness’ could not count.
Columbia Police Department locate shell casings outside Ahmonta Harris’ funeral held at Christian Fellowship Church in Columbia, Missouri. Picture courtesy of a witness and friend of Harris.
“The crowd started to scatter and then there were a bunch more shots fired and I can’t really recall how many shots were fired, but there were a lot of shots fired,” the witness said.
Columbia police said no one was transported to the hospital despite dispatch records showing four ambulances responded to the event.
“During the course of the investigation no one was hit by any bullets, no one was hurt,” Assistant Police Chief Gordon said.
A witness said he was ducking behind his car to protect himself from the gunshots.
“After the shots were fired people were running around, trying to find out where the shooter was, me personally I was ducking and anybody that I saw that wasn’t I was telling them we need to get down, everybody needs to get down,” he said.
The witness said the gunshots felt like they rang out for several minutes. “We were scrambling and running and I mean it could have been shorter but it felt like it was so long,” he said.
ORIGINAL: Police are responding to several calls in the area of Christian Fellowship Church.
ABC 17 News has received several reports that dozens of vehicles from different agencies are present.
Sections of Scott Boulevard and Christian Fellowship Road have been blocked off.
A public information officer with the Columbia Police Department is expected to be on seen soon. Officers say it is an active scene.
ABC 17 News will continue to update this story as it develops.
