Testimony is underway in Howard County Circuit Court, where 40-year-old Columbia mother Wyketa Burgess is on trial in a parking lot shooting that left two teenagers wounded last fall. Prosecutors say Burgess helped set up an October 2024 ambush outside the Giant Food at Columbia Palace Plaza, and she is charged with attempted murder, assault, and multiple gun-related counts. The case has already stretched across several days of testimony, with the court set to reconvene on Monday.
Inside the prosecutors’ case
Jurors have been told the state intends to show that Burgess coordinated the attack and, along with an alleged co-conspirator, drove the shooter to and from the scene. Prosecutors acknowledge Burgess never pulled the trigger. Charging documents…..