Arrest made after 18-year-old shot to death in Columbia

Published January 18, 2022 2:13 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Columbia police say a suspect is in custody after an 18-year-old man was shot to death. Officers found Roberto Angel Lauer dead from a gunshot wound at a northeast Columbia home on Monday night. Police say another 18-year-old Columbia man has been arrested on possible charges of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action. Lauer was a senior at Battle High School in Columbia. A district spokeswoman says the suspect was not a student in the Columbia public schools.

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