WTF???
Offer of crabs for drugs draws gunfire, police say
By J.R. GONZALES
Staff Writer
Police say a Columbia man serving up crab legs to buy some drugs found himself fleeing gunfire Tuesday night.
Just before 11 p.m., a 46-year-old man offered the seafood to another man in exchange for narcotics at a home in the 2400 block of Washington Street, according to a police report.
A fight ensued and the potential buyer ran out into the street whilethe drug dealer fired shots at him, according to the report.
Police say no one was injured in the shooting, but a 1992 Mazda 929 was hit several times by gunfire when the potential buyer hid behind the car.
Police did not release the names of the two men involved.
No charges have been filed and no arrests have been made, said Columbia police spokesman Skot Garrick. Authorities did not know what type drugs the man tried to buy, or where he got the crab legs.
Crab legs can fetch high prices, said Lucius Moultrie, owner of Palmetto Seafood Co.
“Crab legs are sweet and it’s considered almost a delicacy,” he said.
King crab legs can sell for between $10 and $27 a pound, he said. Snow crab legs sell for less, starting at $5 a pound.
“We don’t know what kind of crabs legs they were,” Garrick sa
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