Police arrest man in shooting that killed Missouri boy, 13

October 21, 2019

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a shooting that killed a 13-year-old boy in Columbia, Missouri.

Columbia Police say the boy died at a hospital around 4 a.m. Sunday a few hours after the shooting happened late Saturday night.

Police arrested a 19-year-old man a couple blocks away from where the shooting happened on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter.

The victim’s identity wasn’t immediately released on Sunday.