Crime & Safety
Deputies: Man Beaten, Robbed Outside Columbia Home
The robbery and assault happened around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, deputies say.

Richland County deputies are looking for a man who pistol-whipped another man and robbed him outside his Columbia home Sunday night.
The man was standing outside his house at 1100 Olympia Ave. around 10:30 p.m. when a gold or tan Chevrolet Impala pulled into his driveway, deputies say.
A black man with short hair, about 5-foot-7 and wearing a white t-shirt and blue pants got of of the car, deputies say. He hit the victim on the body and on the head with a silver pistol.
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The victim fell to the ground, deputies say. The man took the victim's wallet, keys, cell phone and cash, hit the victim on the head again and fled in the car.
The victim told deputies a black male was in the driver's seat of the car and a black female was in the passenger's seat.
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Deputies are investigating the incident.
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