Columbia teenager charged as adult in Dick’s Sporting Goods shooting, carjacking
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Columbia man who was underage at the time of a shooting and alleged carjacking earlier this year has been certified as an adult in the case.
Darius Lamb, 18, was certified as an adult on Thursday during a hearing in the juvenile court. He is now charged with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of armed criminal action, one count of carjacking and first-degree property damage. His next court date in that case has not been set.
He was already charged as an adult in a case where he was charged with fourth-degree assault in March. He is listed on the Boone County Jail’s online roster.
Previous reporting shows Lamb was charged in juvenile court earlier this year with unlawful use of a weapon, carjacking and armed criminal action after he was accused of firing shots inside the Columbia store on Jan. 4. Lamb was 17 at the time.
Lamb was then accused of stealing a car at the scene and was arrested by troopers in Pettis County. He led troopers on a chase after troopers tried to initiate a traffic stop near Sedalia, previous reporting shows. The juvenile was arrested after crashing the vehicle on Route V near Bahner Road, previous reporting shows. No injuries were reported in the shooting.
The probable cause statement says that Lamb allegedly fired a gun in the store and stole someone’s vehicle at gunpoint.
One of the employees allegedly told police that three males walked into the bathroom of the store while wearing ski masks, the statement says. The employee also claimed to have smelled weed coming from the bathroom. The employee then heard about four or five gunshots after the males walked out of the bathroom.
That employee “grabbed two customers and then ran to the back of the store,” the statement says.
Police noted finding 10 shell casings in the middle of the store and bullet holes on the western wall. Different brands of shell casings were described by police.
“I did not observe any other damage anywhere else in the store, leading me to believe that the shooter was not also being assaulted,” the officer wrote.
The officer wrote that video showed Lamb walking into the store with “another unknown male” and fourth other males walking into the store. The statement alleges that roughly $900 worth of damage was done to the store.
When Lamb was arrested by troopers in Pettis County, law enforcement allegedly found a .40 caliber gun.
“Inside the magazine I observed several rounds to be missing as if they were discharged from the firearm. I observed several different brands of 40 caliber ammunition inside the magazine consistent with the different brands of shell casings that were located inside Dick Sporting Goods,” the statement says.
In his assault case from March, court documents say he assaulted a victim on March 3 while in custody at the juvenile center. A case review is scheduled in that case for 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 30.
He also pleaded guilty on Jan. 21 to driving without a license, a misdemeanor, and was ordered to pay a fine.
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