No suspects identified in barrage of gunfire in neighborhood near Columbia
Marie Moyer
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
No one is in custody after several people fired a barrage of gunshots that hit homes and vehicles in a residential area just east of Columbia.
Boone County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Brian Leer said that at around 1:17 a.m. Tuesday, the department received several calls of shots fired from the area of Santa Barbara Drive off Route W. Two vehicles and several homes had damage from bullets, and several shell casings were collected, Leer said.
A home security video sent to ABC 17 News from a resident of the neighborhood shows at least three people shooting in the backyard of a home on E. Santa Barbara and running towards Roseta Avenue, where they continued to fire shots and were later picked up by a getaway car.
Several neighbors in the area reported being woken up by the shots. One neighbor told ABC 17 News that shootings have become common in the area in the past few years. ABC 17 News agreed to grant the person anonymity because of fear of retaliation for talking about violence in the neighborhood.
The neighbor added that it’s common for young adults and juveniles to walk around the neighborhood while armed and for retaliatory gun violence to happen between groups.
The same neighbor was also one of the owners of a truck that was damaged by gunfire. The bullets hit the truck’s windshield, back window, tire and engine.
“When they shot, they completely aired out our whole car, took out a few back windows of our neighbor’s house across the street, and I’m pretty sure a few bullet holes [in] the house that they were actually aiming at.”
As of Tuesday night, no suspects have been located or identified and no injuries were reported.
The Boone County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that there was no new information to share in the investigation.