NATHAN WILLISON | Staff Writer
Police and the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office responded to an incident Tuesday morning that shut down the 200 block of Walnut Street in Columbia.
Residents in the area reported that police shut down Walnut Street at its intersection with North Third Street Tuesday morning after a number of cars and homes were struck by gunfire. A member of the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office was seen arriving in the area.
William Vandenberg, a resident of the block, told an LNP | LancasterOnline reporter at the scene that he heard multiple people arguing in the street below his home around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday followed by gunfire.
"I just froze. It was about five of them," said Vandenberg referring to gunshots. "I saw a patrol car pass by later but that was it."
Vandenberg said he learned from a coworker that police were shutting down his block late Tuesday morning and returned home to find evidence markers just a few steps from his front door.
"I worry about having my son here," Vandenberg said. "We normally just stay inside. I don't like it, but Columbia just seems to be getting worse and worse."
Another resident of the block, Misty Musser, said she learned Tuesday morning that the outside of her home was an active crime scene when her roommate called her.
Musser reported she and her roommate heard banging the night before, but thought at the time it was someone hammering into a wall.
Musser said at least four of her neighbors' vehicles were struck by gunfire and an unknown number of homes on Walnut Street also were struck.
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