Year: 2019

Antonio Acosta – Docket Sheet, Court Summary, Police Report

A 17-year boy is charged with third-degree murder regarding a fatal shooting Monday night in Columbia. Antonio Acosta, of Columbia, was arraigned Tuesday morning and remanded to Lancaster County Prison. Nicholas Mills, 19, was pronounced dead Monday night after being shot at a home in the 100 block of North Third Street. After being shot, he collapsed outside the home.

Acosta also is charged with involuntary manslaughter. He is charged as an adult. The investigation is ongoing. Charges could be added or amended in the future. The charges filed at this time are based on information gathered so far. Columbia police and Lancaster County Detectives, in consultation with the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office, are investigating the incident. Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Ponessa approved the charges. 
The victim was shot by Acosta once in the upper body. Several people were at the apartment at the time of the incident and have been interviewed by detectives. The shooter and victim were acquaintances; everyone at the home Monday night was familiar with one another. 
Here is a narrative of what took place: Police responded to the home just after 8 p.m. and found the victim on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound. Police and emergency responders attempted life-saving measures at the scene. Acosta approached police and directed them to a handgun believed to be used in the shooting. The gun was in a rear room. The shooting happened in a living room. Acosta told police he pointed the gun at the victim and it went off. Acosta told police, “I didn’t mean for this to happen.” Acosta also removed a shell casing from a pocket and provided it to police. Regarding what happened before the shot was fired, a witness told police that Acosta produced a handgun and removed its magazine. A man in the home told Acosta not to play with the gun because it is not a toy, according to a witness. A witness heard a loud bang, looked up and saw the victim in pain. The victim ran out of the apartment and collapsed outside. 
Police have been interviewing individuals, analyzing evidence at the scene, and gathering other information since the 9-1-1 dispatch. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by a Lancaster County deputy coroner. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday. Acosta is presumed innocent. 
MEDIA CONTACT: Brett A. Hambright, 717-295-2041; bhambright@co.lancaster.pa.us; Twitter: @BrettHambright Source: Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office

Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/da/11617/post/boy-17-charged-fatal-shooting-monday-night-columbia-investigation-ongoing

UPDATE: Police ID teen suspect, victim in fatal shooting

17-year-old Antonio Acosta, charged with third-degree murder in shooting incident Monday night

Police say Antonio Acosta, 17, is under arrest and will be charged as an adult in the shooting death of Nicholas Mills, 21.
According to police, Acosta was at Mills’ home near North Third and Walnut streets around 8 p.m. and was playing with a handgun. Acosta told police he thought the gun was unloaded.
MORE:

https://www.wgal.com/article/police-respond-to-shooting-in-columbia-fatal-nicholas-mills-antonio-acosta/28545494

Shooting reported in Columbia Borough

North 3rd & Walnut

A person was shot in Columbia Borough on Monday evening, according to emergency dispatch.

[Columbia Spy video]

This website lists a DOA.

Emergency responders were dispatched to North Third and Walnut streets about 8:11 p.m., according to Lancaster County-Wide Communication.

State Police searched for suspects this evening.

An ambulance left the area around 10 p.m.  The coroner’s office was dispatched to the scene around 10:30. Further details weren’t immediately available. This story will be updated.

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/shooting-reported-in-columbia-borough-photos-video/article_c17085b4-b25f-11e9-ac04-73415dc2d8bf.html

About Town 7/28/19

This week’s photos of Columbia

Fun stuff under glass

They’re right outside Andy’s Market on Cherry.

 Hidden detour?

 Double bunnies

Two-wheeler

Pondering whatever’s down there

 Morning bridge walk

 Hanging on

Reeling him in

 And there he is.

Tree emanating life force

 American Goldfinch: No fence can hold him – except this one, apparently.

Two are better than one.

Barely old enough to be out on its own

Front porch looking good

 Clean-up detail
Mouthing off

 Flags of many stripes

Sometimes an umbrella is a parasol.

Problem at the Creative Factory

Beware of bark.

 Gutter garden

 Sidewalk mosaic on North 5th

 ADA detail on Central Avenue

 “Diamondback” finch

 There’s no other way to put it: This is a freakin’ mess!

Keeping it clean

 Six stars and 42 stripes

 Super star

Sun-kissed railing

 Time for a trim
Up close and personal

 Hummingbird at River Park

 There he is again.

 He who pulls the rebar from the wood will be the rightful king of Columbia.

A murmuration of starlings (or whatever they are)

 Never zig when you should zag.

Seemingly everywhere

Ready to ride

Repairing the CVS parking lot entrance

Yet another super star

3-way vigilance: left, right, and in-between
 Day Light

Pump training (above, and the two below)

 Sheriff reaching in the back

 And one with a big gun

 They were in town last Thursday on North 6th Street.

 Here’s a vehicle at CVS.

 And here’s another look.

 They took this man into custody on the 600 block of Walnut.

 At least one of the Avenue G refugees survived.

 Cast!

 Down by the riverside

 Talking it over

700 block of Walnut

 Note: This is not an ashtray.

Really

Read and heed.

Cool sign design, made to look like old, flaking paint

 Evidence of a budding graffiti artist?

 Meanwhile, downtown

Whole lotta surveying going on 

Water board on the water

 Someone else is fishing, too.

 Life Lion

On the way to work

Well, that didn’t pan out.

Scaffold

 Beauty strip, right up the center

Further progress at Front and Walnut, soon to be a shop called “Coffee and Cream”

 Cormorant cruising

 Just the essentials

Cedar waxwing, possibly waxing philosophical

He’s either foraging for mayflies or fixing the camera.

Child seat for watching the water

 ET sighting at Rotary Park

 Little machine ready for a big job

I don’t always want a beer can with my patriotism, but when I do, I want it to be made from jet exhaust.

 CMX, formerly Colonial Metals

 That’s one way to avoid paying Columbia Borough for the NO PARKING signs. Just use the leftovers from Lancaster City.

Are they enforceable?
Are they fraudulent?

 Locust Street, down and out

 Wrightsville is stealing your fire, Columbia.

 Send this artist back to anatomy class.

 New name?

 Downtown Sunday morning

Old-time wall lamp

Similar to the one at the post office

What would OSHA say?

 More abandoned furniture

The weeds that ate Columbia

Still growing out of control

Let’s forget the apartment project; just let this be a nature preserve instead.
Seems like the best option at this point.

 Stray Cat
You want ’em? Columbia’s got ’em.
Los Angeles Fire Department checking us out from overhead

Chiques Challenge Planned For Aug. 10 | TownLively

Area residents are invited to join other veteran and amateur athletes as they run and kayak through the annual Chiques Challenge hosted by the Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce. The duathlon is slated for Saturday, Aug. 10, and will stage from the Columbia River Park, 41 Walnut St., Columbia. Participants will be transported to Vinegar Ferry Road for the 8:30 a.m. start time.
MORE:

https://www.townlively.com/chiques-challenge-planned-for-aug-10/

One-vehicle accident slows traffic on Veterans Memorial Bridge Friday morning

A one-vehicle accident on the Veterans Memorial Bridge slowed traffic for about half an hour this morning. The vehicle, which apparently collided with a section of the bridge, sustained severe front-end damage, but no significant injuries were reported. The accident occurred on the Columbia end of the bridge, just above the railroad tracks, and was called in at 10:51 a.m. A nearby pedestrian reported hearing a loud bang followed by tires screeching and then a second bang. Several units responded, as listed below, and Columbia Borough workers helped direct traffic until the scene was cleared.