17-year-old man has been killed as part of a a six-week dispute between two gangs in Columbia.Police say a member of a rival gang shot Sintray Bell twice in the head as he drove by in a car with other gang members early Friday morning.Authorities say Bell's fellow gang members left his body in the vehicle and fled. Investigators arrested 22-year-old Cola Taylor several hours later and charged him with murder.Authorities say the rival gangs have been shooting at each other for several weeks, but this is the first time someone has been struck.Taylor remains in the Richland County jail. It wasn't immediately clear if he had an attorney. Early Friday morning 17-year old gang member Sintray Bell was shot and killed while driving in a car with fellow gang members along the 900 block of Wilkes Road.Authorities say the suspected shooter, 22-year-old Fred Taylor, was part of a rival gang. We now know a war between the two gangs had been going on for six weeks.
Authorities say the two gangs had been shooting at each other for weeks, but this was first time anyone was hit.
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