2 arrested on suspicion of assault in south Columbia Walmart shooting
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Police arrested a Columbia man on suspicion of first-degree assault in connection with a shooting at the Walmart store on Grindstone Parkway.
Antory King, 25, was arrested Sunday night on suspicion of first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action after officers were called for stalking a little before 7 p.m. and found a 46-year-old man with a gunshot wound.
Officers also arrested Michael Otey, 25, of Columbia, on suspicion of two counts of first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action.
Police didn’t release information about the circumstances of the shooting, but said the victim was stable.
The Walmart was back open Monday morning after the shooting.
Columbia Police officers blocked off the Walmart parking lot with crime scene tape shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday. Customers inside the store were evacuated through a side door into the parking lot at around 7:13 p.m.
One Walmart employee told an ABC 17 News reporter on scene that staff could leave, except those in the grocery section.
Officers and Walmart employees stopped customers from entering.
Eight Columbia Police cars and two University of Missouri ambulances were in the parking lot during the response; one ambulance left with its lights on around 6:55 p.m.
A Crime Scene Investigation van arrived at the Walmart at 7:05 p.m.
Witnesses inside the Walmart at the time of the shooting told ABC 17 News that he was checking out when someone yelled “shots fired,” and customers started running to the back of the store.
Around 9:35, officers escorted people to their cars and told them to leave if they were parked in the taped-off areas.
Crime scene tape started coming down at 10:25 p.m.
King and Otey remained in the Boone County Jail on Monday on no-bond warrants. A booking photo of Otey was not available on the Boone County Sheriff’s Office website.
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