A bullet is still lodged in a Columbus woman”s back, after she was shot Friday, while playing cards at her sister-in-law”s house.
Mary Ann Beard, of 156 Pandora Drive, was shot at about 8 p.m. Friday at 448 Burgundy Drive, near Omnova Solutions Inc.
At least one person fired about eight shots into the house, which had several occupants including young children. A witness said someone got out of a car and began shooting at the residence.
Beard said today from her room at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle that the bullet was still lodged in her lower back above her hip.
“I”m hanging in there,” she added.
Police had no leads as of this morning about the identity of the assailant or assailants, said police Public Information Officer Terrie Songer.
Witnesses said they saw a dark-colored car, possibly a Mazda, leave the scene following the shooting.
As he responded to the shooting Friday, first-year police officer Christian Benton collided with Eric L. Harris, 35, of 904 Eighth St. S., totaling his squad car.
Harris, who showed up at BMH-GT more than an hour after the wreck, has since been charged with driving without insurance and without a driver”s license.
A charge of leaving the scene of an accident is also pending against Harris, according to a reliable source.
The Lowndes County Sheriff”s Office was called in to handle the investigation, per departmental policy.
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