Man charged with domestic assault after Columbia standoff
Madison Stuerman
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A St. Louis man charged after a five-hour-long standoff with the Columbia Police Department made his first court appearance Monday.
Octavious Bradshaw, 29, appeared virtually from the Boone County jail in the Boone County Courthouse on Monday.
Bradshaw was charged with second-degree domestic assault, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and child endangerment.
According to court documents, police were called to the 2700 block of Summit Road early Saturday for a domestic disturbance.
Upon hearing his charges, Bradshaw was confused and asked why he was charged with armed criminal action and child endangerment, claiming he never had a gun.
Police said Bradshaw ran into the house upon their arrival. Officers found a female victim with bruising to her face, small cuts on her face and hands and a chipped tooth.
Officers said the victim told them Bradshaw was intoxicated and got angry with her before he started hitting her. Bradshaw allegedly pulled a handgun and held it to her head. The victim told police she was holding a child, the second victim, when this happened.
While not mentioned in court documents, at court Judge Kayla Jackson-Williams said that Bradshaw’s child endangerment charge came from him threatening the female victim while she held a 17-year-old minor. Jackson-Williams also confirmed in court that the female victim shared a child with Bradshaw.
While trying to leave the home, police said the victim told officers Bradshaw racked the slide of the handgun and threatened to kill her. The victim also said he threatened to kill the second victim.
Court documents state Bradshaw is also accused of pushing the victim into a glass door, along with punching and kicking her while she begged him to stop.
Prosecutors said in online court documents that Bradshaw ran inside the home even though he was told to stay outside. This is when Bradshaw allegedly locked himself inside the victim’s home with the second victim.
According to Jefferson City’s Rape & Abuse Crisis Service, Missouri is ranked third in the nation for domestic abuse cases.
“I think part of it is domestic violence for a long time, and in some parts of the state, but still to this day, is not recognized as a crime necessarily, it’s seen as a family matter and it’s something that stay within the family,” Executive Director of RAC Angela Hirsch said.
Documents stated officers would not go into the home as Bradshaw was armed.
Another person and a second child were inside the home, according to police.
“Oftentimes, we see children caught in the crossfire of domestic violence, the kids that we serve here in RAC who come in to shelter with their non-abusive parents have been physically harmed because they’ve been held during a violent act,” Hirsch said.
Sergeant Ryan Brunstrom told ABC 17 News that when officers arrived, they encountered a female victim and a male suspect who barricaded himself in the residence.
“We called in our SWAT team and our crisis negotiation team were able to basically talk him out of the residence. He surrendered peacefully, no injuries,” Brunstrom said.
Bradshaw came out of the home willingly after a five-hour standoff with police.
He was booked into the Boone County Jail without bond. His bond hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. on June 9.