Columbia police chief Skip Holbrook

Columbia Police investigating shooting at Frankie’s Fun Park

Columbia Police were conducting a shooting investigation inside Frankie’s Fun Park, Monday, on Parkridge Dr. around 9:15 p.m. Police reported a female victim injured in lower body. The suspected shooter left after the incident. Video surveillance is being reviewed. Employees on scene are answering questions from investigators.

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Lexington County Coroner releases autopsy results of woman found dead in Belk’s store

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher released the autopsy results for Ms. Bessie Durham, 63, of Columbia who died on Sept. 15. She was found Monday by a co-worker in a bathroom in the Belk Store in the Columbiana Mall (in Lexington County.) A forensic autopsy was performed by MUSC in Charleston, Thursday morning. The results […]

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3rd suspect connected to the Columbiana Centre Mall shooting has been arrested

The third suspect connected to the Columbiana Mall shooting has been arrested. Amari Sincere- Jamal Smith turned himself in to law enforcement, according to a release by the Columbia Police Department. Smith is in custody at the Lexington County Detention Center on the same charges as the two previously charged suspects, Jewayne Price and Marquise […]

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Bond denied for 2 Columbiana Centre Mall shooting suspects in custody

Bond has been denied for two suspects in the Saturday shooting at Columbiana Centre Mall that resulted in the injury of 15 people. Marquise Robinson and Jewayne Price appeared before Judge Jessica Mangum in Columbia Municipal Court Tuesday morning to face charges in connection to the incident in which nine were shot and six people […]

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Police looking for Amari Sincere-Jamal Smith, the third suspect in the Columbiana Center Mall shooting

Columbia Police Department investigators are searching for third suspect in connection to the Columbiana Center shooting that took place Saturday. Wanted is Amari Sincere-Jamal Smith. He Should be considered armed and dangerous, according a Columbia Police Department release. He is charged in warrants with nine counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated […]

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2nd Columbiana Center shooting suspect is arrested, scheduled for Tuesday morning court date

A second suspect has arrested in connection with the Columbiana Centre Mall shooting. Marquise Robinson has been charged with 9 counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, attempted murder & unlawful carrying of a handgun. Robinson is detained at the Lexington County Detention Center. His first court appearance is scheduled for […]

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Columbiana Centre shooting suspect bond is set at $25,000

In a court hearing Sunday, a judge set a $25,000 surety bond for Columbiana Centre Mall shooting suspect Jewayne Price. He is also on house arrest and ordered to wear an ankle monitor, according to the Columbia Police Department. The judge will allow Price to travel from home to work certain times of the day. […]

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22-year-old male arrested after Columbiana Centre Mall shooting, police seeking witnesses

Chief W.H. ‘Skip’ Holbrook announces the arrest of a 22-year-old male in connection with this afternoon’s shooting incident at Columbiana Centre. Columbia Police Department (CPD) investigators continue to work to identify at least two additional suspects who were observed with firearms. Jewayne M. Price who was initially detained by law enforcement as a person of interest […]

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