Police have taken a man into custody following Monday’s shooting near an elementary school in the Columbia area that prompted several schools to be locked down, according to the Forest Acres Police Department.
Shortly after noon, officers responded to an emergency call about a shooting in the Covenant Crossing area, police said in a news release. Shots were fired into a vehicle near the intersection of Bethel Church Road and Covenant Road, according to the release.
Officers found the vehicle had been struck while leaving Ravenwood Hills Apartments and stopped about a mile away at Bradley Elementary School, police said.
Forest Acres Police have taken Ty’ quan Kelly, 20, into custodythe release said.
Police Chief Don Robinson said Kelly was apprehended without incident after an undercover Richland County deputy saw him walking near Bradley Elementary.
Robinson said at an afternoon press conference that the incident appears to be related to a domestic altercation and that the victims, are physically unharmed but mentally distressed.
Search warrants are being executed for a vehicle and apartment at Ravenwood Hills Apartments, connected to the suspect, Robinson said.
There was a large law enforcement presence in the area Monday afternoon, police said. That included officers, a drone and a K9 unit from the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, according to the release.
As a precaution, several schools in Forest Acres area — Brockman, Timmerman, Harmony and Bradley Elementary, as well as The Therapy Place — were on lockdown, police said. Satchelford Elementary was advised to increase security, according to the release; there was no indication the school was placed on lockdown.
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