Columbia man faces federal gun charge
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Columbia man was charged in federal court on Thursday after he was indicted by a grand jury.
Dorian Gardner, 38, is charged with illegally possessing a gun. He has a prior felony conviction and is not allowed to own guns. He is being held at the Cooper County Jail and still has active charges from the county for first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action, illegal gun possession and child endangerment.
The probable cause statement claims he fired a shot on Nov. 24 at a Boonville intersection. He allegedly told the victim to stop the car they were in, took their cellphone, stepped out of the car and fired a shot straight ahead, with the shell casing of the bullet being found within 100 yards of Laura Speed Elliott Middle School, the statement says.
Police eventually found Gardner and he initially denied being involved in the incident before admitting to having and firing a gun, the statement says.
