Policed charged both teens with attempted murder and weapon possession and one of the teens with armed robbery.
About an hour later, one of the same teens joined a 16-year-old and fired at a home on Benedict Street in the Greenview neighborhood of north Columbia, police said. Multiple neighbors called 911 to say they heard gunfire. A 31-year-old woman, a teenager, a 12-year-old and a 2-year-old were inside the house. None were injured but the home was damaged, according to the report.
Police charged the 16-year-old with four counts of attempted murder and weapon possession. One of the 14-year-olds was charged with four more counts of attempted murder.
The teens' crime spree picked up again in the early morning hours of May 9, police allege.
Some residents of the Windsor Lakes Apartments in northeast Columbia woke up to find their vehicles rifled through Thursday, police said. Richland County Sheriff's Department deputies investigated and found 47 cars broken into. The break-ins happened around 3 a.m. Richland deputies arrested and charged the three teens with break-ins. A 17-year-old, Dashan King, also was charged in the car break-ins.
The 16-year-old and one of his younger partners were also charged with conspiracy and credit card theft in connection with the break-ins.
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