๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐
- Austin
- Aug 5
- 2 min read
๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ , ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ . ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
On July 21, 2026, an officer with the Columbia Police Department was dispatched to a residence in Columbia in reference to a reported possible disturbance. The officer arrived and made contact with Adam Arthur Lees, who was later identified as the suspect. Lees was transported from the scene to a hospital by medics for a secondary assault.
The officer spoke with a witness, who stated the victim was sitting on the steps and being loud. They reported seeing Lees exit his residence and enter into a verbal altercation with the victim. According to the witness, during the verbal altercation, Lees charged at the victim with a knife. Lees then chased the victim downstairs, through the apartment complex passageway, and into the parking lot with the knife.
The officer then spoke with Lees, who corroborated the witnessโs statement. Lees stated he did not have time to keep talking to the victim, which was why he chased him down the stairs. Lees also stated he chased the victim into the parking lot as the victim was going toward his car.
The officer reviewed security footage from a neighborโs camera. The officer reported the footage showed Lees exit his residence yelling at the victim while holding a knife in the air and displaying it in a threatening manner toward the victim. The officer reported the footage showed the victim attempting to get away from Lees by going down a couple of steps. Lees continued toward the victim while holding the knife before the video ended.
According to the probable cause statement, Lees was previously arrested on a psychiatric evaluation hold by the University of Missouri Police for making statements about killing the victim.
Lees is now charged with assault in the fourth degree and unlawful use of a weapon.
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