COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri backup linebacker Marquis Booker was suspended today following his arrest on suspicion of unlawfully using a weapon and an underage liquor law violation.

The 20-year-old was arrested early yeserday outside an apartment complex in south Columbia, police said.

He threatened to "light the place up" and grabbed a handgun from his car during a parking lot argument, police said. Booker cocked the gun but did not point it at anyone, according to police. He drove off with four others as officers arrived.

Officers found a loaded handgun under the front passenger seat. Booker told police it was his.

Also in the car were wide receiver Jeremy Maclin, junior linebacker Sean Weatherspoon, a football recruit and a female student.