Update: Columbia Police respond to shooting on East Broadway and Ninth Street

At about 1:40 a.m. Sept. 27, Columbia Police responded to a shooting in the 900 block of East Broadway.

Police officers located one adult male and two adult females with gunshot wounds. Emergency medical care was given to the victims. They were taken to a local hospital. One of the females sustained life-threatening injuries from the shooting.

Columbia Police took Misael Covarrubias, 23, of Fellsmere, Florida, into custody at 1:47 a.m. Investigators found that Covarrubias was in a verbal altercation in the area of Ninth Street and Broadway and discharged a firearm multiple times toward the people with whom he was in an altercation. Investigators determined that the three gunshot victims were in the 1000 block of East Broadway and were not involved in the altercation.

Covarrubias was arrested on charges of three counts of first-degree assault, three counts of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon.

This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Columbia Police Department at 573.874.7652. To provide information without leaving your name or number, call CrimeStoppers at 573.875.8477 or visit https://http://www.p3tips.com/899. If you provide information to CrimeStoppers that leads to an arrest, you may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $2,500.

Case Number 2025-009246

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Columbia Police respond to shooting on East Broadway and Ninth Street

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