A Columbia man was arrested following a reported domestic violence altercation in which he allegedly fired a gun inside the home.
The Columbia Police Department responded to a business Saturday evening. The woman who called police said she and her husband had a physical altercation at home and she fled to town.
The woman said 48-year-old Charles Knipp pointed a gun at her and fired a shot inside the home. Officers later found evidence at the home that a gun had been discharged.
Columbia Police officers arrested Knipp inside the store and charged him with wanton endangerment first degree, strangulation second degree, and assault fourth degree – domestic violence.
Knipp was lodged in the Adair County Regional Jail
