Police Involved In Shooting Near Midlands Walmart

Two people were wounded in an officer-involved shooting Wednesday afternoon near the Bush River Rd. Walmart. 

Columbia police responded to a call of an armed man acting erratically at the store just before noon. They followed him as he exited the store and observed the man confronting a person at the gas pumps. 

The suspect shot that person before confronting approaching police. Police returned fire with several shots wounding him once. 

The wounded bystander, suffering non-life threatening injuries, and the suspect were transported to a local hospital. The bystander was treated and released. 

There is no word regarding the suspect's condition.


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