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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - One man is dead after a shooting in Columbia's
Five Points. Police say it happened when the man tried to rob people
in an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.

Blue lights and sirens are common in Columbia's Five Points on a
Saturday night, but it's not usually because someone was killed.

"This is a very nice area, you know it's mostly college kids and all
that, you never see that kind of trouble so yeah that was different,"
said a witness who does not want to be identified. "Yeah because I go
there for meetings and from what I heard the guy went in there to rob
somebody."

Police say just before 11pm Saturday 18-year-old Kayson Helms walked
into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at the ACOA Club, pulled out a
handgun and demanded money.

That's when an AA member pulled out a gun of his own and shot first.

The witness we talked to was standing right outside, and saw Helms run
out of the building.

"But he only made it like a hundred feet up and collapsed," the man
said.

Helms died at the hospital. The whole incident is alarming to those
that live nearby.

"There are times where I tell myself, no, I'm not going to walk down
there with my child at this point in time," says resident Andrea
Richardson.

The shooting happened right in the Richardsons' backyard.

"Listening to the TV and I heard three pops in rapid succession," says
Christopher Richardson.

But some people in Five Points had no idea.

"A little nervous I guess that it happened right around the corner
from where we were last night, and I had no idea about it, so I didn't
know that kind of threat was around this area," says Aleksas Juskys.

It's a threat people that those that go to the ACOA Club never thought
they would have to deal with.

"It's the most pleasant place you can go if you're in recovery," says
the witness.

Police say the person who shot Kayson Helms is not facing any charges.
They say he has a valid concealed weapons permit.

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Another valid reason for concealed carry and the 2nd Amendment.

Any scumbag who'd take the donations plate ANYWHERE deserves whatever they
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This from the new resident low life!