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Police Identify Woman Seen Shooting Columbia Gas Station Clerk, Now in Custody Out of State

Police say local charges are forthcoming pending review of video that could identify her car.

Overview

  • Surveillance video from a Shell station in Columbia shows a woman shoot a clerk during an attempted robbery around 7:43 p.m. Friday, leaving him in serious condition.
  • Police on Tuesday named the suspect as Shantay Lashay O'Donnell, 46, of Virginia, and said she is being held in another state on unrelated charges.
  • Detectives are treating the case as an attempted robbery and say the shooter left the store without taking cash or goods.
  • Investigators say the woman arrived and left by car and was not previously known to county detectives.
  • Howard County police are seeking tips and are offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information that leads to an arrest.