West Bethany Drive shooting suspect arrested, charged
Alison Patton
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A 27-year-old man was arrested Wednesday evening in connection with a shooting on West Bethany Drive last month. The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office filed charges Thursday morning.
Deangelo Hughes, 27, is being held Thursday in the Boone County Jail, and was charged with two counts of assault, five counts of armed criminal action and three counts of unlawful use of a weapon for shooting into a home.
Capt. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said Hughes was pulled over near Providence Road and Mick Deaver Drive and initially refused to exit the vehicle.
Hughes is accused of shooting into a home in the 4300 block of West Bethany Drive, southwest of Columbia. Leer said three people were in the building, and although no one was hurt, a person was in a bed when it was shot.
Hughes was jailed without bond.
According to court documents, a video shows Hughes arguing and captures him yelling, “You want to play? Come play!” He then fires 12 shots at an unspecified number of people.
Bullet holes were found in a bedroom, one in a bed frame, according to the document. Another bullet hole was found in a TV.
Hughes then drove off, and license plate readers show him leaving the county, according to the document.
A court date hasn’t been set for Hughes.
Bri Gafford said she was in her apartment when the police knocked on her door after Hughes allegedly shot at the house a couple of units down. She said the neighborhood is usually quiet.
“I know it [the neighborhood] kind of has a reputation and a name. I’ve lived here for four years, and this is probably one of the crazier things that’s happened over here. So it just makes you hope that that won’t escalate into anything else,” Gafford said.