A 32-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday after firing shots at a man near a Columbia school, prompting a lockdown.

City spokesman Steve Sapp said Brandie M. Sorm, of Columbia, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree domestic assault, first-degree child endangerment, armed criminal action and property damage. Sapp said after processing she will be booked at the Boone County Jail.



Several Columbia schools were placed on lockdown early Wednesday following a domestic violence situation where shots were fired around 9 a.m. in the 2400 block of Springdale Drive.

Sapp said police responded to a woman reportedly firing shots at a man.

After the female, identified as Sorm, shot at the victim, she fled the scene with one of the couple’s children, Sapp said. She was spotted about 10 a.m. on Paris Road and was taken into custody, he said. The child was reported to be safe and no injuries to others were reported.

The incident occurred just a few blocks from Lange Middle School. That building was placed on a modified lockdown, which means no one may enter or leave the building but classes continued as normal, Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark wrote in an email.

The couple have children in other schools, prompting the lockdown at those buildings and others nearby where school officials were concerned with student safety, Sapp said. Some buildings were placed on full lockdown, where students shelter in place and other safety steps are taken, and others were on a modified lockdown.

Along with Lange, Oakland Middle School, Blue Ridge Elementary School, the Center for Early Learning North and Hickman High School were placed on a modified lockdown. Cedar Ridge Elementary School was placed in a full lockdown.

Baumstark said the lockdown had been lifted by 10:18 a.m. at all schools.

"All students are safe," Baumstark said.

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