2 Columbia teens arrested after shooting on Hanover Boulevard
Matthew Sanders
EDITOR’S NOTE: Wrong information about a suspect posting bond has been corrected.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Two Columbia teenagers were arrested Tuesday after a person was shot in east Columbia.
Jerrion Smith, 19, was charged Wednesday with second-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. Alan Bullock Jr., 18, was charged with evidence tampering.
Columbia Police say in a news release that Smith, Bullock and an unnamed minor were with the victim, a minor male, at the time of the shooting. The victim was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound that was not life-threatening.
Smith allegedly told police that he was handling a gun when it went off, hitting the victim, according to a probable cause statement. Witnesses said the gun went off as Smith was taking it apart, the statement says.
Smith told police he was smoking marijuana before the gun went off, the statement says.
Bullock is charged tampering for allegedly moving two handguns from the room where the shooting happened and into a closet.
Smith remained in the Boone County Jail on Wednesday morning on a $50,000 bond. Bullock in the jail on a $10,000 bond.