Arrest made in doctors’ office shooting incident near Five Points
After Columbia police searched for a man accused of beating and shooting at a woman at a doctors’ office near Five Points, the suspect turned himself in Friday afternoon.
Brandon Wise gave himself up to Columbia Police Department. The 32-year-old is charged with aggravated domestic violence, pointing and presenting a firearm and another gun possession offense following a Tuesday incident at 1228 Harden Street.
The incident occurred just past upper Five Points at Waverly Family Practice and across the street from the student living complex The Station.
Wise reportedly assaulted a 36-year-old girlfriend at the doctors’ office about midday, according to a statement from the police department. He repeatedly pistol whipped her in the head and face and shot at the victim while a child was nearby, the department said.
A 911 call sent police to the incident location . When officers arrived, Wise had fled, the department said. The victim was treated at a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries and was expected to be OK.
Police began a search for Wise, telling the public he should be considered armed and dangerous. Wise could have been easy to find as he was wearing a tracking device because of a previous criminal charge, according to police. But he removed the monitor, the department said.
Police found the SUV which Wise used to drive away. Officers conducted interviews and examined evidence recovered at the scene and from the SUV, Police Chief Skip Holbrook said at a news conference the day of the attack. An investigator also discovered the monitoring device on Chestnut Street which is about a mile from the incident scene.
When Wise surrendered himself, police also charged him with removing his monitoring device.
In September, police had charged Wise with second-degree domestic violence after he assaulted the same woman, according to the department. He was released from jail on a $20,000 bond and required to wear the monitoring device.
This story was originally published January 11, 2020 at 10:10 AM.