Columbia teen arrested after shots fired and carjacking in the Shoppes at Stadium Saturday night
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A 17-year-old Columbia teen was arrested for firing shots and a carjacking in the Shoppes at Stadium area Saturday night, according to a press release from the Columbia Police Department.
CPD spokesman Colin Imhoff said officers were called to the area just after 7 p.m. for reports of an active assailant and shots fired. Police later determined the shots were fired inside Dick's Sporting Goods. At the scene, no injuries were reported.
The suspect later ran away, stole a car and drove away on Interstate 70.
The teen was arrested on suspicion of three counts of first-degree assault, one count of first-degree property damage, vehicle hijacking, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, and two counts of armed criminal action, a later press release states.
Troop A spokesman Cpl. Justin Ewing told ABC 17 that troopers took the suspect into custody after spotting a grey Nissan Altima driving on Route V in Pettis County. Troopers were on alert for that make and model of car after its information was entered into the Flock camera system by CPD, and the car was spotted on Flock cameras.
Ewing said troopers initiated a traffic stop around 8:15 p.m. Saturday near Sedalia when the car attempted to flee, leading to a pursuit. The car crashed on Route V near Bahner Road, and the suspect was taken into custody just after 8:30 p.m.
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 17-year-old Columbia teen crashed a 2023 Nissan Altima on Route V after driving right off the road and into a ditch around 8:20 p.m. Saturday.
"It's a surprise to me because I wouldn't expect this kind of stuff," Columbia resident Bentley Durk said. "It doesn't really happen on South Side."
A spokesperson for the Columbia Fire Department said it was also dispatched to reports of an active assailant in the 200 block of North Stadium Boulevard just after 7 p.m.
A total of 10 units responded with 20 personnel. An ABC 17 News reporter saw firefighters wearing bulletproof vests on the scene.
Police tape came down around 10:20 p.m at the Shoppes at Stadium.
CPD said there is no threat to the public, but reported at the scene that it was looking for multiple suspects.
"We’re still unsure if there are multiple suspects or if it is just the one," CPD spokesman Imhoff told ABC 17 in an email Sunday morning.
This is a developing story.
