Donnell Burney charged with assault by mob
A man has been arrested in connection to an assault in front of The Library in Five Points last month, the night before shots were fired near the same bar.
Donnell Rasheid Burney, 20, has been charged with second degree assault by a mob. Police are still searching for two other people involved in the Feb. 16 assault, in which Burney allegedly threw the victim on the ground and struck and kicked him in the head and face, according to a Columbia Police Department release.
The victim lost consciousness as a result of the assault and suffered from a fractured jaw, the release said.
The night after the assault, an officer broke up a fight of 15 to 20 men in front of the Library. Shortly after, between eight and 10 shots were fired from a large caliber pistol nearby, after some of the men had run away.
CPD has expressed concerns over the Library and increased the number of officers patrolling Five Points on the weekends.