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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">October 17, 2022</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Christian Tabak
<br />Public Information Specialist
<br />Columbia Police Department
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.289.9516
<br />policepio@CoMo.gov
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<br />Toni Messina
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<br />Columbia Police Department
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.874.7660
<br />policepio@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Community Information: Columbia Police provide additional information in connection to shots fired with injury incident in the 200 block of East Texas Avenue, Oct. 16</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - At approximately 3 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 16, Columbia Police responded to a report of shots fired in the 200 block of East Texas Avenue. Officers arrived on scene and located evidence that shots had been fired in a parking lot.<br /><br />Through the investigation, officers learned that an adult female suspect had driven up to and fired at a parked vehicle where two adults were seated inside. It was later learned that an adult male in the parked vehicle had a previous relationship to the suspect in this case. <br /><br />A brief exchange of gunfire occurred, after which the suspect fled the scene. Although officers observed gunshot damage to the vehicle, none of the individuals in the parked car were injured.<br /><br />Officers later learned that an adult female with gunshot wounds, Laronya Brown, 25, of Columbia, was admitted to a local hospital. Witness testimony, video evidence and statements fr
om Brown led to her being identified as the suspect who originally fired at the vehicle and its occupants.<br /><br />Brown was arrested for first-degree domestic assault, first-degree assault, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and tampering with a motor vehicle. She is now in custody at the Boone County Jail. Video evidence and statements from Brown supported that the adult male had only fired in self-defense, so no charges were brought against him.<br /><br />The Department is grateful to the witnesses whose testimony helped the investigation and to the officers and detectives whose work allowed for quick arrest of the suspect. <br /><br />If you know something, say something. Columbia Police are asking for your help. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to please contact the Columbia Police Department at 573.874.7652.<br /><br />To report a tip without including your name or contact information, call CrimeStoppers at 573.875.TIPS (8477). A tip
that leads to an arrest or helps solve a felony crime could result in a cash reward.<br /><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Case number 2022-010298</strong></div></div>
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