Suspect in Morning Standoff in Custody

Columbia, SC (WOLO)– Columbia police have arrested a man they say fired a shot through the floor of his Brandon Ave. apartment. According to investigators at 7:30 Wednesday morning a woman and her twin children entered an apartment on Brandon Ave. When they arrived police say the suspect, whose name has not been released, was engaged in drug activity and became upset. Investigators say the suspect then fired a shot into the floor of his second story apartment which entered the apartment below. Police say they arrived shortly after the shot was fired and the woman and the children were able to get out of the apartment safely. Police negotiators then spoke with the suspect who turned himself in around 9:00 Wednesday morning. No one was injured in the incident.