Large police presence seen at south Columbia apartment building

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A large police presence was seen near a south Columbia apartment on Thursday evening.

An ABC 17 News photographer saw a line of Columbia Police Department vehicles near Forest Village Apartments on South Providence Road, just away from the intersection with Green Meadows Road.

The photographer saw at least 12 police officers in the area at 7:50 p.m. Police used a loudspeaker to tell a man in an apartment to come out.

Police tape started coming down at 10:24 p.m. and some officers began leaving shortly after.

CPD Assistant Chief Paul Dickinson told ABC 17 News in a text message that police were called to the area for a disturbance.

Neighbors told ABC 17 News that this is a rare occurrence for the area.

Officers at the scene did not comment.

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