On 1/23/17 at 6:28 p.m., Karl Otto Henson, age 23, from Columbia, was arrested for Armed Criminal Action and First Degree Assault.
The investigation revealed Henson arranged to meet the male victim in the 1500 block of Riva Ridge Court to potentially sell his cellular phone. The male victim took off running with Henson's cellular phone without paying for it. Henson started chasing the male victim around a duplex and fired several rounds at the victim. The victim arrived by personal vehicle at a local hospital with a non-life threatening injury.
Officers located Henson's handgun in his vehicle and two shell casings on the side of a duplex.