Police: Suspect Had Loaded Gun in Five Points

6:48 PM, Sep 28, 2012   |    comments
Joshua Isaiah Williams (Image: Richland County Detention Center)
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Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- Columbia Police say they've arrested a University of South Carolina student for unlawfully possessing a handgun in Five Points Thursday night.

Joshua Isaiah Williams,20, is charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon and resisting arrest.

Officers say they found a .25-caliber handgun on Williams after he gave them consent to search him. According to a news release sent by the department, officers stopped Williams after getting a call about a suspicious person. He was arrested shortly before midnight at 600 Santee Avenue.

Police say he does not have a concealed weapons permit, and is not of legal age to carry such a permit.