COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia Police are investigating a Sunday afternoon shooting incident that left one person dead.
The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. July 10 in the 4400 block of Colonial Drive, near Columbia College in north Columbia.
Responding to a call of shots fired, police say they found a man with "significant injury" to the upper body lying near a vehicle in the roadway. The man was transported to a local hospital where he later died.
Investigators had to close the roadway for several hours in order to process the scene but Colonial Drive was re-opened for traffic early Monday morning.
Preliminary reports state the man had arrived at the Colonial Drive location for a child custody exchange. According to witness statements, the man got into an argument with another man at the scene before the shooting occurred. Witnesses say both men were armed and both men fired their weapons. Children were present at the scene but they were not physically injured.
Police are asking anyone with information about the shooting to contact Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.
