University police make arrest after shots were fired near Women’s Hospital

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The University of Missouri Police Department has arrested Derrick Sleet, 39, of Columbia, in connection to an incident that occurred Saturday morning.

MUPD had received a report around 6:45 a.m. Saturday that an individual was leaving the Women's Hospital parking lot on Keene St. when Sleet shot at the vehicle.

The individual kept driving and called 911. They were alone and not injured.

Sleet was arrested on charges of first-degree assault, armed criminal action, felony property damage and unlawful possession of a weapon.

Sleet was transported to the Boone County Jail. A bond has not yet been set.

This remains an active investigation.