Injury, lockdown in Columbus shooting

Therese Apel
Clarion Ledger

One person was injured when shots were fired outside the Townsend Community Center in Columbus, officials said.


Columbus Police Department Interim Police Chief Fred Shelton said officers are at the scene on 15th Street around 8 p.m.

There was a birthday party in progress inside the community center, officials said, but the shooting was unrelated to the party.

Several shots were fired between the two men involved, with bullets hitting the community center and cars in the parking lot. Police said the two men were still feuding from a prior argument.

The injured man was taken to the hospital in a private vehicle, and will recover, police said. He is in custody.

The Mississippi University for Women was put on lockdown after the incident, and the lockdown was released around 9 p.m.

Detectives are working to develop a description of the second suspect, Shelton said, and it will be released when it's available.

This is a developing story.