Police release name of man arrested after hours-long standoff in south Columbia early Sunday
Haley Swaino
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
After a nearly seven-hour-long standoff early Sunday, police arrested a man in south Columbia.
A report of “shots fired” in the area of Sieville Avenue around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday led to an overnight standoff at an apartment building, Columbia Police Department spokesman Colin Imhoff said. No injuries were reported.
CPD posted on Sunday afternoon stating the standoff was connected to a scene in Boone County earlier that night. According to the post, police responded to a shots fired call in the 5600 block of Lightpost Court around 10:50 p.m.
Initial investigations led them to the 200 block of Sieville Avenue, where the suspect– Rodquel Jones, 21, of Columbia– was taken into custody around 6:30 a.m. by CPD’s SWAT team.
Rodquel Jones
The post says Jones barricaded himself inside of his home and refused to come out. He was arrested on charges of felony stealing, felony resisting arrest, armed criminal action, first-degree harassment and unlawful use of a weapon.
An ABC 17 News reporter arrived on scene around 2:30 a.m. and saw at least 15 CPD vehicles and a Bearcat SWAT vehicle surrounding the area.
An officer could be heard over a loud speaker saying, “Anyone inside apartment A4 needs to come outside.”
Repeated calls over the speaker yielded no results.
Around 5 a.m., officers broke a sliding glass door to the apartment. A cellphone was later thrown inside of the home and the suspect was asked to use it to talk with police.
At the scene, Imhoff told ABC 17 News that there was no threat to the public but that surrounding units had been evacuated.
CPD said it was “investigating a shots fired call” in the 200 block of Sieville Avenue at 3:15 a.m. and asked people to avoid the area in a Facebook post.
At least three police cars were seen on Sieville Avenue, and at least six more were along the road that runs perpendicular to it, Madrid Lane. An MU ambulance was also on scene.
A Boone County Joint Communications alert said East El Cortez Drive and Madrid Lane were closed in the area just before 12:45 a.m. An ABC 17 News reporter said Balboa Road was also closed just before 3 a.m.
Law enforcement left the scene a little after 8 a.m.