ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY THURSDAY | JULY 6, 2017 Fight in East Columbus ends with a gunshot No one hurt in lunchtime scuffle at United Deli Columbus BY ISABELLE ALTMAN Police Depart- side the store — had been harmed during ment officers
[email protected] the shooting, which ended a fight that had tape off the been escalating in the parking lot by the parking lot at When a single gunshot rang out in the gas pumps for several minutes. United Deli in parking lot outside United Deli on Gard- “It’s not good for business,” Musa said Columbus after ner Boulevard in East Columbus Wednes- later. an altercation day, customers eating lunch inside rushed The shooting happened at about noon. in the parking to the back of the store and John Musa, The deli was crowded with lunchtime lot led to a shot being fired the owner and operator, ran out from be- customers and Musa said he had been Wednesday. No hind the counter and locked the doors. keeping one eye on the security footage one was hit in Neither the shooter nor the victim — as he took orders behind the counter. He the shooting. nor any of the handful of witnesses out- See SHOOTING, 5A Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff CHECK OUT THESE WHEELS EMCC borrows $13M on behalf of counties without final approval LINK, supes caught off guard by May issuance of Communiversity funding BY ALEX HOLLOWAY
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