Yet been released. If you have any information about this case, call crimestoppers at 1triple 8 crimesc. A murder suspect from texas is dead after a shootout with Law Enforcement this afternoon in columbia. Our wis team is on the scene. We start tonight with Senior Reporter jack kuenzie. This unfolded with an exchange of gunfire between members of a Fugitive Task force that included the us marshals service, sled and the Columbia Police department. The officers were trying to serve a warrant on a Houston Texas man wanted for murder. The confrontation happened in a parking lot of the byron Road Apartments hospital just off veterans road. Officers say the suspecthis name still not formally released as of the past houropened fire on them and they returned the gunshots, hitting the man several times. He was pronounced dead early this afternoon. None of the officers was hurt. A Police Spokeswoman says they knew they were dealing with a dangerous man. With the propensity for violence, conside
Shell casings and trajectories. Police indicate the suspect was in a red or burgundy suv, which appeared to have been hit at least eight times based on the number of holes in the windshield. We counted markers apparently for the location of casingsthere were at least 13some of them possibly from the suspects gun. Again, none of the officers was hit. The investigation being led by the Sheriffs Department which has a member assigned to the task force but did not have an officer at the apartments at the time of the shooting. Neighbors at byron Road Apartments are keeping a close watch as deputies continue to investigate. Sam bleiweis has been talking with neighbors and employees at nearby businesses. Sam . People i spoke with out here say they heard multiple gunshots shortly after noon but they didnt even think how rare Something Like this is around here. Show you some video of what this looked like shortly before 1 this afternoon. This apartment complex is right next to the dorn va cente
Name of the man who was shot and details about the allegations against himalong with any information about what he was doing here in the columbia area. With all the bullets flying, only the murder suspect was hit. Live at the byron Road Apartments jack kuenzie wis news ten. People who live at byron Road Apartments are staying inside this afternoon as rcsd continues to investigate. Sam bleiweis has more sam . People i spoke with out here say they heard multiple gunshots but they didnt even think they were gunshots because of how rare Something Like this is in this area. Show you some video of what this looked like shortly before 1 this afternoon. Next to the dorn va center. Right around the corner is meadow Field Elementary School and down the street from the hammond school. Police say generally this is a pretty safe area minus the occasional incident. Woodhill family dentistry is right on the periphery of where this was roped off earlier. Employees there tell me the last time they reme
Haircut used his gun to shoot and kill one of the men. The identified customer had a concealed weapons permit which is coming becoming a growing trend. Her classes have been full in recent months. It is becoming more and more common that people see they need to defend themselves and that is the answer to doing it. Reporter more than 50,000 people want to buy or carry weapons during the month of december which is a new high for the state. When it comes to protecting your business, the Sheriffs Department says it is your choice if you want to carry a weapon or not but if you do so make sure you know how to operate that weapon and go through training. Reporter your business should also have a Security System and be well lit so people can see in and out if there is trouble. Cash and alcohol and restaurants, people come in and out of the doors in the parking lot of the cars, the more licensed and trained holders there are, it is safer for that business. Reporter henderson wants people to be
3 3 concealed 3 weapons permits are on the rise in South Carolina. According to the fbi nearly 50thousand people in the state either wanted to buy or carry concealed weapons during the month of december. Thats a new high for the state. Firearms trainer Elaine Henderson says her classes have been full lately. 3 being prepared starts first of all by having the firearm. If you dont have it on you it serves no purpose. The second is beiei able to use it. Have you drilled yourself, prepared yourself, used it enough in the range and practice to if you needed to utilized it you background checks were conducted last year in the 3 schools across the state would have more people with guns. Protecting your children under a new bill just introduced at the state house. But not everyone thinks thats a good idea. Because of who would be armed. Robert kittle tells us why. 3 the bill would create new School Protection officers. To add another layer of protection to help School Resource officers. School