17-year-old charged with murder in Facebook Marketplace shooting indicted by grand jury
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A teenager who is charged with murder and other charges was indicted by a Boone County grand jury on Friday.
Mikel Jones, 17, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action and a count of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Michael Ryan Burke on Ridgemont Court.
Kobe Aust, 19, Joseph Crane, 18 – both of Columbia – and Alexis Baumann, of Hallsville, are all also charged with first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action and a count of second-degree murder.
All three males are still being held at the Boone County Jail without bond, while Baumann was given a bond and was released to home detention.
Court documents in previous reporting say the group of defendants had used Facebook Marketplace to arrange a meeting with Burke to buy a cellphone. The group had already met with and stole from two other victims prior to shooting Burke, court documents in previous reporting say.
Baumann allegedly told officers that Jones had shot Burke, took his iPhone, then sold it at an ecoATM at the Walmart on Conley Road.
An arraignment for Jones is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, June 8.
Baumann has a hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, June 22, while Aust is set to appear at 9 a.m. Monday, June 29 and Crane has a hearing set for 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 27.