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Columbia, MO 65201
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<h2 style="font-size: 200%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">January 30, 2018</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 75px; font-size: 120%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Officer Latisha Stroer
<br />Public Information Officer
<br />(573) 874-7448
<br />latisha.stroer@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:200%;"><h3 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 170%;">SHOTS FIRED IN THE 1500 BLOCK OF SYLVAN LANE</h3>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="margin-top: 5.25pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">On 1/29/18 at 6:55 p.m., officers were dispatched to a shots fired in the 1500 block of Sylvan Lane. Officers arrived on scene and contacted a female victim. The victim reported she heard a knock at the front door and when she opened the door she was confronted by a black male wearing all black armed with a firearm. After a brief struggle with the suspect, the victim was able to shut the door. During the incident several shots were fired.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 5.25pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">Officers located multiple shell casings on the front porch. There was no one injured during the incident. There have been no arrests made and the investigation is ongoing. </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 5.25pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">If you have any information regarding this incident, please contact the Columbia Police Department, or call Crimestoppers at (573) 875-TIPS to remain anonymous.</span></p>
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<div class="content"><strong>Location:</strong> <a href="https://gis.gocolumbiamo.com/CityView/?find=SYLVAN@WHITEGATE" target="_blank">SYLVAN @ WHITEGATE</a></div>
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