Woman accused of armed robbery after holding BB gun during alleged assault
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Columbia woman was charged with four felonies after she allegedly attacked a woman while holding a BB gun on Wednesday.
Latara Woods, 40, was charged on Thursday with first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action and a count of carjacking. She is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set.
Woods allegedly told police that she was shot with a BB gun and had a welt on her arm, according to the probable cause statement. The victim allegedly told police that she had her child when Woods took the keys to a vehicle and grabbed the BB gun from the passenger seat, the statement says. The victim was able to take the BB gun back and shot Woods multiple times, the statement says she told police.
Video footage allegedly showed Woods walk up to the victim — while they were holding a child — and grab the BB gun and a purse from the victim, the statement says. The video allegedly showed the victim defend herself during an assault and hit Woods with a wood plank, but it did not show shots being fired, the statement indicates.