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Arrest made in shooting of two minors in Columbia

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Police said Wednesday that they've arrested a suspect in the December shooting of two minors in east Columbia.

The Columbia Police Department wrote in a news release Wednesday that a suspect in the Dec. 21, 2024, shooting was arrested Tuesday in Mexico, Missouri. Mexico police helped with the arrest, the release says.

CPD did not provide the juvenile suspect's age.

Two minors were dropped off at a hospital that afternoon with gunshot wounds and told investigators they were shot in the area of East Broadway and Keene Street. Police have not said how old the minors were.

Their injuries were not life-threatening.

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