A man is dead after a shooting Sunday night at a Columbia apartment complex.

Officers were sent to the Eastgate Apartments at Old 63 and Broadway at about 8 p.m. Police found Zarian Simpson, 18, of Columbia with a gunshot wound and medics treated him at the scene, according to a Columbia Police Department news release.

Simpson later died at the hospital. He had graduated from Hickman High School in May, Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark said.

A youth has been arrested on charges of second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon, police say.

The investigation is ongoing.

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