Columbia shots-fired suspect allegedly told police he was drugged
Matthew Sanders
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A man accused of firing shots in a south Columbia apartment complex told police that he was drugged at a bar and didn’t remember the events, according to a probable cause statement.
Gabino C. Hernandez, 28, whose hometown is listed as Anderson, Missouri, in jail records, remained in the Boone County Jail without bond Monday. He was charged Friday with four felonies — two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action.
A probable cause statement says a victim told police that Hernandez was “out of it” and couldn’t be reasoned with when he fired a gun in the parking lot and a stairwell of Aria Apartments early Friday. One of the two victims told officers that Hernandez had a gun tucked into his waistband and pointed the gun at him, the statement says.
The man told police he was “pretty sure” that Hernandez wanted to shoot him, according to documents.
Hernandez told officers he didn’t remember what happened after being drugged at a bar, the statement says.
Surveillance video showed Hernandez walking around the apartment complex with a gun at about 2 a.m. Friday, when dispatchers received several shots-fired calls, the statement says.
No hearings have been scheduled.