Woman killed in shooting at apartment complex in Columbia, police say
A woman was killed Tuesday in a shooting at an apartment complex, the Columbia Police Department said.
The shooting happened at about noon at the Colony Apartments, according to police. That’s by the intersection of West Beltline Boulevard and Farrow Road, not far from the intersection of Harden Street and Colonial Drive.
The Richland County Coroner’s Office has not publicly identified the woman.
No other injuries were reported.
Information about a shooter, or shooters, and a motive for the gunfire were not available.
No arrests have been reported by police, who are continuing to investigate the shooting.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 888-CRIME-SC or submit an online tip.
There have been multiple shootings, including some fatal, at the Colony Apartments.
In June, a man was arrested after shooting two people following an argument at the apartment complex, police said.
Multiple law enforcement agencies sent officers to the apartment complex in January in a search for a man wanted on multiple charges, including a gun-related crime.
On Nov. 1, 2021, a 24-year-old man was shot in the upper body at the apartment complex and had money stolen from his pockets.
Months earlier, in May 2021, one man was killed and another was hurt in a shooting at the Colony Apartments, police said.
On March 3, 2021, a woman was charged after her 3-year-old son shot himself in the head while in one of the apartments at the complex, according to police.
In 2019, a man killed a woman at the apartment complex before turning the gun on himself, police said.
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This story was originally published December 27, 2022 at 1:30 PM.
