MU grad drives onto court at Mizzou Arena, causes $100K in damage

COLUMBIA, MO. • Fans are expected to flock toward Mizzou Arena for the upcoming basketball season — but not like this.

A Columbia man drove his Volkswagen Passat through Mizzou Arena and onto Norm Stewart Court early Sunday and caused an estimated $100,000 worth of damage, MU police Maj. Brian Weimer said Monday.

At 7:15 a.m. Sunday, MU police were dispatched to Mizzou Arena for a report of property damage. Officers determined that around 4 a.m., the suspect drove his vehicle through a closed gate on the south side of the arena. He ran through a garage door and drove into a dock area where he damaged several golf carts that were stored in the area. He also drove his car onto the basketball court.

The man couldn’t leave through the area he used to enter the building, so he drove through the arena’s press gate.

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