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Erika McGuire

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

All eight members of Missouri’s U.S. House delegation voted Wednesday on the bill that is expected to the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history.

Six Republicans voted in favor of the bill, while the state’s two Democrats voted against it.

The House passed the government funding bill by a vote of 222-209. President Donald Trump signed the measure lWednesday evening.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Kansas City)’s office referred to a Nov. 10 statement, which says he opposed the legislation to end the government shutdown because it would raise health care costs for families in his district.

“From the very beginning of the Republican shutdown, I have said that I cannot support legislation that raises the health care costs of hardworking families across Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District. Unfortunately, the legislation proposed in the Senate will ensure that tens of thousands of my constituents see their health care premiums skyrocket, some by more than double what they are today,” the statement says.

Among Republicans, Republican Rep. Mark Alford celebrated the passage of the bill on X, writing “America: hostage no more. HouseGOP jut voted to reopen our nation by passing a CLEAN, AMERICA-FIRST BILL. AMERICA IS back!”

America: hostage no more.@HouseGOP just voted to reopen our nation by passing a CLEAN, AMERICA-FIRST bill. America is BACK!

Next up, @POTUS desk! ✍️📜🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/D20XCsBDG7

— Rep. Mark Alford (@RepMarkAlford) November 13, 2025

Republican Rep. Sam Graves also took to X following the vote, saying the end of the shutdown marked relief for federal workers and military personnel.

“Senator Schumer’s senseless shutdown is finally coming to an end. Many Americans, including our air traffic controllers, members of our military, and many more, were held hostage for 43 days purely for political gain.” Graves said.

Senator Schumer’s senseless shutdown is finally coming to an end. Many Americans, including our air traffic controllers, members of our military, and many more, were held hostage for 43 days purely for political gain. I appreciate our air traffic controllers and other…

— Rep. Sam Graves (@RepSamGraves) November 13, 2025

Republican Rep. Bob Onder also took to X, writing, “The Democrat shutdown is finally over and the federal government is back open for the American people. I voted to fund the government on September 19th, and I voted again tonight to do the same.”

The Democrat shutdown is finally over and the federal government is back open for the American people.

I voted to fund the government on September 19th, and I voted again tonight to do the same.

Watch my post-vote remarks here ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/smc5DLms8S

— Bob Onder (@RepBobOnder) November 13, 2025

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley celebrated the passage saying on X, “Thank you to our military, law enforcement, air traffic controllers and my dedicated team for showing up for your fellow Americans amidst a shutdown. You are Patriots. This never should’ve happened. We thank you for your service and love of country.”

.@realDonaldTrump just signed Republican legislation to reopen the government.

Thank you to our military, law enforcement, air traffic controllers and my dedicated team for showing up for your fellow Americans amidst a shutdown.

You are Patriots. This never should’ve happened.…

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) November 13, 2025

The shutdown caused thousands of flight cancellations and delays nationwide as TSA agents, Air Traffic Controllers were not getting paid. SNAP benefits were also paused due to the shutdown.

The legislation will fund the government through Jan. 30 and provide funding for some government agencies for the remainder of the fiscal year.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Lake Ozark Board of Aldermen on Wednesday decided to enter an agreement with Osage Casinos to build an entertainment district.

A press release says The Osage Nation and the City of Lake Ozark entered into an agreement that includes municipal services, infrastructure improvements and government funding. Highlights from the agreements include the following payments by The Nation:

Contributing 2.5% on adjusted gross gaming receipts and a 1% resort fee on hotel rooms.

Paying the normal rate for water and sewer. 

Contributing $100,000 annually for police services.

Paying for a turn lane to be placed in the right of way in front of its property on Bagnell Dam Boulevard. 

“This partnership with the Osage Nation represents a defining moment for the City of Lake Ozark. These agreements show what can be achieved when governments work together in good faith to strengthen our community and prepare for the future. The Osage Nation’s investment will bring new opportunities, jobs, and tourism to our city. Now that we have these agreements in place, that address many of the questions raised by our residents, we are proud to support this historic step forward,” Mayor David Ridgely said in a statement.

 The new property is part of a new entertainment district in Missouri announced last fall by the Osage Nation. The proposed site is at 3501 Bagnell Damn Blvd. and is expected to be completed in multiple phases, with an estimated $60 million investment in the region, previous reporting says.

Phase 1 of the process includes construction of a casino, sports bar, restaurant and meeting space. Additionally, it also includes a hotel, which will have general hotel rooms, suites, a fitness and exercise facility, a pool, hot tub and a pool bar. Phase 1 construction is expected to start upon approval from the Department of Interior.

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Nia Hinson

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The University of Missouri’s Young Democratic Democratic Socialists of America allege recent proposals from UM System President Mun Choi would lead to criminalizing homeless

The group held a town hall Wednesday night where roughly 50 students gathered to discuss policing and housing in the city. Councilwomen Valerie Carroll (Ward 1) and Vera Elwood (Ward 2) attended the town hall, offering insight into the issues.

Judy Carter with Columbia Mobile Aid Collective and Susan Maze with the Boone County Community Bail Fund were also at the meeting.

The town hall was held in response to recent calls from action from Choi after Stephens College student Ayanna Williams was shot and killed downtown in late September.

Since then, the city has taken steps toward increasing policing downtown, and Choi has called for a possible loitering ordinance and the cleanup of homeless encampments.

“The safety of our campus and the broader community is central to the success of our students and the university.  The university is committed to its ongoing collaboration with city of Columbia, Boone County and other partners to address crime-related issues, and it is appreciative of the actions already taken to make Columbia a safe and welcoming community.  Continued vigilance, accountability and decisive action are needed,” an MU spokesman wrote in a Wednesday statement to ABC 17 News.

YDSA views the proposals as “irrelevant” to addressing gun violence.

“We just want to make sure that students have a role in this not only just for discussion, but for actually acting,” YDSA Treasurer Cruz Lewis said to the crowd.

Carroll and Elwood were two out of the four council members who wrote letters in response to Choi’s proposals in October. The two wrote in the letter that they believed the city needs to separate the issue of homelessness and crime, as the two are not always related.

Students voiced concerns over the city’s clearing of homeless encampments in the city, asking if there have been any discussions amongst law enforcement and city leaders to dial back those efforts. Elwood said it isn’t always up to the city.

“If it is within the certain distance of a watershed we are required to send people in to remove it at the federal level so we need to be looking out for all of the reasons that people are coming under attack,” Elwood said

The city proposed a median ordinance last month that is expected to affect panhandling. The City Council is expected to vote on that during its Nov. 17 meeting. However, Ward 3 Councilwoman Jacque Sample is seeking a delay on the vote until council members are able to hear more information from other organizations and groups.

If adopted, the ordinance will:

Prohibit crossing a major road anywhere except in a crosswalk, a pedestrian-control signal or an intersection if those things aren’t available.

Prohibit being on a median less than 6 feet wide except when crossing the road.

Prohibit getting out of cars while in a traffic lane or within a major intersection.

Prohibit approaching cars on a major road unless the car is legally parked.

Prohibit people in vehicles from engaging with pedestrians at major intersection.

Students at Wednesday night’s meeting pushed back against the ordinance, emphasizing, again that the ordinance would criminalize homelessness in the city. Elwood said the council is still expected to vote on the ordinance during its Nov. 17 meeting, but she is pushing for it to be tabled. Elwood said it isn’t clear when the council would vote on it, if it is tabled.

Students also asked council members their thoughts about what they claim is over-policing in the city. Carroll said having a good balance between policing and public health is crucial.

“There is a place for policing and particularly as a lot of our resources are thin, sometimes they’re the only people you can call on,” Carroll said. “I also wanna say that they’re not always the best resource and I think we need to put our funds in developing um better mental health resources in this city.”

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Ryan Shiner

EDITOR’S NOTE: Doug Hunt’s full comments to the board have been added to the story.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Columbia Police Officers’ Association is asking the Citizens Police Review Board to remove one of its members over a social media comment that appeared to criticize the CPOA’s president.

The CPRB plans to discuss the issue at its regular meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday. The CPOA sent a letter on Oct. 27 asking the CPRB to remove Stephanie Yoakum after a screenshot appeared to show a Facebook comment where she criticized the behavior of Matthew Nichols, who also works as a Columbia police sergeant.

A probable cause statement in a misdemeanor prosecution case filed earlier this month that was written by Nichols described that he touched the defendant’s breasts during a sting.

A comment on a Facebook thread by Yoakum alleged it was “on-brand” for him. A second comment by Yoakum accused him of running a “local hate group page.”

A letter from the CPOA’s attorney Donald Weaver accuses the comment of violating “The Code of Ethics of the National Coalition on Civilian Law Enforcement,” and that “Yoakum has access to confidential material related to CPD internal investigation and the conduct of police officers.” Weaver also called allegations that Nichols helps run the Facebook page “The Real Columbia Missouri” false.

Yoakum is the board’s representative from the city’s Human Rights Commission. She responded with a letter of her own, and made several defenses, including that personal speech is protected and the comments were based on public information.

“I strongly believe this request represents a profound misunderstanding of the independence and fortitude required for effective civilian oversight,” Yoakum wrote in her letter. “Furthermore, it is a clear attempt to censor a board member’s participation in public discourse as a citizen and intimidate oversight practitioners. My comments are expressions of personal opinion and political belief, grounded in my community and personal experience, not official findings or statements made on behalf of the CPRB.”

CPRB member Doug Hunt wrote in a Nov. 12 email obtained by ABC 17 News that he planned to ask the board to take “no official action on the matter at this time.” Hunt wrote that Weaver’s allegation was not a “persistent failure” on Yoakum’s part to perform her duties, or even a failure of her duties at all.

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Here is the full text of Hunt’s comments to the board:

On October 27 the attorney for the Columbia Police Officers Association sent a letter requesting that this Board recommend the removal of a member who participated in an online discussion in which a Columbia police officer was accused of inappropriate behavior.

The attorney’s letter offers two arguments for the removal. First, that when a CPRB member publicly accuses an officer of misconduct, people might assume that the accusation is based on confidential information to which the Board member had access.

Second, that posting the comments violated the National Association of Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement’s Code of Ethics, which code CPRB members are required to adhere to.

The CPOA’s request creates a delicate situation for the Board, since public discussion of the dispute might damage the reputation of the officer involved, or the board member, or both. For that reason, I hope we can avoid naming names or giving other identifying information this evening.

At this point, I’m going to give my personal view on how we should respond to the CPOA’s request, and then invite other Board members to do the same.

Here’s the way I see it. In the ordinances that govern our Board, there is a sentence giving us authority to recommend the removal of a member. Here it is: “The board may recommend to the city council that a board member be removed from the board if the member persistently fails to perform the duties of office.”

In this case, the CPOA attorney has not accused the board member of a persistent failure to perform the duties of office. He has pointed to a single incident. And so our authority to act is blocked by the word “persistent.”

In addition, it isn’t clear that this incident amounted to a failure to do the duties of office.

The duties of the board are specifically listed in Section 21-49 of the ordinance. They have to do with reviewing complaints, hearing appeals, and submitting annual reports. Nothing in the CPOA letter indicates a failure to participate in the execution of these duties.

The CPOA’s letter suggests that the social media post violated the Code of Ethics of the National Coalition on Civilian Law Enforcement, which members are obliged to follow. But the Code offers only very general guidelines for board members. It says, for instance, that we are to “pursue open, candid, and non-defensive dialog with our stakeholders” and to “educate and learn from the community.”

These are, as the preamble to the Code makes clear, very general and aspirational guidelines. They are intended to express the spirit in which we will serve, not descriptions of particular actions that are required or forbidden. Using such aspirational guidelines to justify ejecting someone from the Board is clearly problematic.

It may be that the City should modify our ordinances to include a more specific statement that board members are to refrain from publicly criticizing either police officers or citizens who complain about police officers. At this point, however, there is no such explicit statement.

All things considered, it appears that the Board would be exceeding its authority by recommending the removal of this member. Therefore, my inclination would be to take no official action on the matter at this time.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Three incumbents on the Columbia Board of Education will seek reelection, according to a joint press release sent by the members on Wednesday.

The release says Board President John Lyman, Vice President Paul Harper and Board Member April Ferrao will file for reelection next month.

Filing for the positions will be open from Dec. 9-30, according to the release. The election is in the spring.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Central Missouri Humane Society announced in a Wednesday press release that demolition started on Wednesday at the location of its future campus.

A house and a concrete shed located at the 17.5-acre property on East Brown School will be cleared for CMHS’ new campus. CMHS has served Mid-Missouri since 1943.

Previous reports show the estimated cost of the new building is around $25 million.  

“This is an important milestone for us,” CMHS Executive Director Julie Aber said in the release. “Each step brings us closer to building a safe, modern space that better serves the animals, staff, and community who depend on us.”

The demolition at the new campus site is expected to take about a week.

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Marie Moyer

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Local veterans met at Broadway Bluffs Drive on Wednesday to bring awareness to claims of poor management and employee treatment at the Columbia Vet Center.

In a joint statement from veterans protesting the center, they claim the current Vet Center director has built a “toxic work environment,” causing several staff members to resign and two to take leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

“Both regular counselors are on FMLA leave because of ongoing mistreatment, leaving nearly all 150 veterans without access to one-on-one counseling with the people whom they know, trust, and with whom they have built good relationships,” the statement said. “We urgently need intervention and leadership that restores trust, respect, and proper care for those who served.”

Criticisms toward management include counselors being given too much administrative work that affects their ability to treat clients, as well as claims of micromanagement and a sense of lack of support in employees, including frequent write-ups.

“You’re getting more and more pressure from your higher-ups to spend your hours doing unnecessary paperwork, collecting unnecessary data, providing lists of what you’re doing and all these things that literally just take time away from the actual mission,” Army veteran Carl Shepard said.

Shepard added he’s noticed these issues since he started interacting with the center around 2018, with the situation coming to a head when the two counselors went on leave around a month ago.

David Hopson, a veteran of the Vietnam War and the father of one of the counselors who went on leave, says multiple formal complaints have been filed to higher-ups with no changes made. Other protesters claimed they reached out to the center’s District Director and were told they haven’t observed any problems and receptionists refusing to transfer callers.

“Nothing has been done, it’s been brushed under the table, nothing’s been done about it, and the environment is still toxic,” Hopson said.

Hopson said his son, a combat veteran and counselor at the center, was on FMLA leave for his mother’s funeral when the center’s director allegedly called and threatened to write him up for missing work. After his leave, Hopson said at least 11 veterans submitted letters praising his son’s counseling, saying his work had made a life-saving difference.

“I want them to make a change in leadership, starting with the supervisor and owner and going up the line if they can, because it’s not working,” Hopson said.

One veteran who stayed anonymous in fear of retribution added with the current counselors on leave, the Vet Center has brought in new staff who do not have a good connection with clients.

“They can bring in a new counselor, but that’s not sufficient to having the counselor that we had,” the veteran said. “When they’re here and they want to be here, we want to work with the people that we know, trust and respect.”

ABC 17 News has reached out to the center’s Director, Valerie Sisson and Deputy District Director, Leticia Dreiling for a statement but has not heard back. ABC 17 News also contacted the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which has not yet released a statement.

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Meghan Drakas

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

More than six years after two Columbia residents were shot and killed in northeast Columbia, their families and police are still searching for answers.

“Something that was different about this scene than others, it was very quiet,” Columbia Police Department Lt. Matt Gremore said.

Just after 3 a.m. Sept. 22, 2019, police responded to the corner of Rice Road and McKee Street. Gremore said police originally responded to a shooting call, but officers were not aware of any victims at the scene.

“Multiple officers showed up,” Gremore said. “They started trying to render aid, putting chest seals on the wounds and gauze and everything that they could possibly do.”

Gremore said 36-year-old Antonio Houston was found on the lawn between Rice Road and the home, while 33-year-old Danielle Marine was found between the home and the gravel driveway. They were both taken to the hospital and were pronounced dead.

Gremore said the shooting appeared to be targeted and the two were shot multiple times. Multiple bullet holes can still be seen on the left side of the home.

“It was hard to determine which bullet holes were from this event, or if there was some from a prior event too,” Gremore said. “During my time here, I can think of several homicides that we found on this particular street alone.”

Gremore said shell casings were found at the scene, but wouldn’t elaborate further on what other types of evidence was collected during the investigation.

Just a day after the shooting, at least three homes in the same area of McKee Street and Rice Road were shot. Police found at least 17 shell casings at the scene, but no injuries were reported.

Danielle Marine

Shemeca Marine said she recalls waking up around 6 a.m. on Sept. 22, 2019, to a bunch of messages and missed phone calls.

“My oldest sister Nicole called me and said Danielle was shot,” Shemeca Marine said. “I just broke, I just broke. And I couldn’t stop nonstop for almost two hours, maybe three hours.”

She said her first thought when she saw all the missed messages and phone calls was that something happened to her mother.

“I never in a million years would have thought this would be something going on with my sister.”

After more than half a decade, Shemeca Marine, said she is reminded of her sister, Danielle Marinem everyday.

“My sister was [a] free spirit, she was bright,” Shemeca Marine said. “She was pretty much an open book…I feel like when I lost my sister, I picked up a lot of her traits.”

Shemeca Marine said her sister was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the family moved to Columbia in 1998. Danielle Marine went to Hickman High School and was very social. Just weeks before Danielle Marine was killed, Danielle had moved back to Columbia from Dallas, Texas, Shemeca Marine said.

Danielle Marine left behind two sons and a daughter. Shemeca said Danielle’s daughter, reminds her “so much” of Danielle.

“I’m angry because Columbia is too small,” Shemeca said. “People know something…it hurts, it’s painful.”

Shemeca says believes someone knows something in this case and she wants them to come forward.

“Coming forward would be a blessing, and justice for the family,” Shemeca Marine said. “Somebody knows the truth and it would not only help my sister, [and] Antonio but other loved ones for people to come forward.”

Antonio Houston

Antonio Houston’s sister, Kisha Houston, said her brother has six children. She said he enjoyed family gatherings and that his family was his life. She said the Hickman High School alumni was a friendly and peaceful person, who enjoyed “going out with friends and family.” She said he was working at a lot at a local landscaping and lawn care business, before he died.

Kisha Houston said Antonio Houston was her “baby brother” but over the years, she said it seemed like he became her big brother and the “more responsible” one.

Kisha Houston said her brother would help anyone he could and said Danielle Marine and he were friends. Kisha Houston said the two were not in a relationship, but Danielle Marine had been staying at Antonio’s house for a few days. She said the night they were killed, the two were visiting a friend’s home.

It’s been hard for his children, since they lost their father, Kisha said.

Where the case stands today

When speaking with ABC 17 News at the scene of the crime, Gremore said police do not know if this was a drive-by shooting or if the shooter or shooters walked up to the scene.

“I would be speculating to say that we knew that the suspects were in a car,” Gremore said. “I can’t say that.”

Throughout the years, Gremore said police have heard the rumors about potential suspects in the case.

“There’s generally names that are consistent with this investigation,” Gremore said. “But every now and then, you’ll get told other information as well, too.”

He went on to say police “absolutely do have people of interest in mind.”

He said as technology has become more advance, it’s helped police do their jobs better as there’s things officers can do now that don’t need a person to come forward to talk about.

“But those are not the end all be all,” Gremore said. “I think it’s harder now to get someone to understand the importance of providing information because we can’t do everything with technology alone.”

He said submitting tips using CrimeStoppers is helpful, but for this case to be adjudicated, he said it’s going to take someone to come forward with information to the police department. He said it’s hard not to have answers about what happened to give to the families after six years.

“I think that bothers everybody at the police department to not be able to give that information to the family,” Gremore said.

September 2019

Danielle Marine and Houston’s murders happened during a stretch of six homicides in fewer than two weeks in Columbia. From Sept. 13-25, 2019, there were five shootings where seven people were shot. Only one person survived but he was later killed in a shooting in 2023.

Gremore said he doesn’t believe Danielle Marine and Antonio Houston’s deaths are linked to the other shootings. But he believes some of the other shootings are connected.

A map of Columbia shows the locations of five shootings from Sept. 13, 2019 to Sept. 25, 2019 where seven people were shot and six people were killed.

The seventh and final person shot during this stretch of shootings was 23-year-old James Hickem. His case is also still open and no arrests have been made. CPD is investigating 17 unsolved homicide cases with 19 victims dating back to 1985.

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Alison Patton

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Cole County judge heard arguments Wednesday on the first redistricting lawsuit in a string of legal challenges.

A group of voters is suing Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, arguing that redistricting can occur only after a census, as the state constitution and the state supreme court have ruled, according to pretrial briefs.

Attorney Chuck Hatfield, who is representing the voters in this case, said there’s specific language in the Missouri Constitution surrounding congressional redistricting that doesn’t allow for wiggle room.

Hatfield gave this example:

“When the number of representatives to which the state is entitled in the House of the Congress of the United States under census of 1950 and each census thereafter is certified to the governor,” this quote comes unedited from a slide show Hatfield presented at Wednesday’s trial, and it comes from the Missouri Constitution.

Hatfield said he bolded the words that have the most meaning during interpretation. He argues the law prohibits lawmakers from redistricting more than once during a decade.

Hoskins and the Missouri Republican State Committee, as an interested party, argue that the constitution doesn’t prohibit mid-decade redistricting, according to pretrial briefs. The pretrial brief cites the U.S. Constitution as well, arguing the power to redistrict is protected there.

Hoskins’ attorney Louis Capozzi argues that lawmakers can redistrict because the state constitution doesn’t explicitly prohibit it.

“The General Assembly has the power to act,” Capozzi said. “Until that power is taken away.”

Capozzi also said this lawsuit is about politics.

“This is a political question, it’s a political case,” Capozzi said. “The plaintiffs obviously disagree with the General Assembly’s political and policy gains in adopting the new congressional map.”

After the trial, Hatfield said politics is what started this.

“The state today said that this was a political issue, and I found it a little rich,” Hatfield said. “I think we all remember how this started, which is that the president of the United States told the Missouri General Assembly to redistrict.”

Governor Mike Kehoe signed the congressional map into law in late September. The map could cut out Democrat Emanuel Cleaver’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, opening up District 5 to a Republican.

Judge Christopher Limbaugh granted the Missouri Republican Party’s motion to intervene in this case because of the group’s interest in getting Republicans in office, including in the House of Representatives, according to the motion.

If the map is upheld by the courts, then it will go into effect on the November 2026 ballot, when U.S. Representatives in Missouri run for their seats again.

Hatfield said the earliest answer on the map could be in January, but it’s likely the lawsuits will end up in the Missouri Supreme Court.

Hatfield is also representing People Not Politicians in the lawsuit filed against Hoskins, which a different Cole County Judge will hear Thursday, and he is representing the group in a federal court case that Hoskins filed against the group.

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Madison Stuerman

EDITOR’S NOTE: The headline and role of the airman have been corrected.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Warrensburg man has died after he was shot on Wednesday morning.

Whiteman Air Force Base said on social media that the 509th Bomb Wing is aware of the shooting involving one of its off-duty, off-base airmen that resulted in a death.

“The Wing is fully cooperating with their efforts,” the post states, “In respect of the ongoing investigation and those affected, no further information will be released at this time.”

Warrensburg Police said dispatch received two calls at 7:20 a.m. about a domestic disturbance on Cedar Drive. The suspect was reported to be armed with a weapon and running towards Hale Lake Road. Warrensburg Police said the suspect fired the gun in the direction on officers as they arrived on scene.

In a release, the department said prior to the officer’s arrival a bystander, Tony Barron, attempted to intervene in the domestic disturbance and was shot and killed by the suspect.

The suspect was found dead in a nearby wooded area with what officials believe to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound at 8:36 a.m., according to WPD.

No first responders were hurt at the scene and officers did not return gunfire at the suspect. The female victim in the domestic disturbance was treated and released from Western Missouri Medical Center.

WPD says the investigation is still ongoing.

Due to Military regulations, the suspect’s identity cannot be released until 24 hours after their family has been notified.

Warrensburg Superintendent Steve Ritter said in an email to parents that the district was notified of gunshots fired nearby.

Warrensburg High School was put on a full lockdown, according to Ritter. Other buildings went on limited lockdown procedures.

“Later in the morning, Maple Grove Elementary was identified as an area of concern as law enforcement continued their response,” Ritter said in the statement. “Some buses were temporarily redirected from Maple Grove to Martin Warren; those students have now returned or are returning to Maple Grove.”

Ritter added that all students and staff members are safe.

An alert was sent to students at the University of Central Missouri when the threat ended.

“Urgent Advisory: The active shooter situation in southeast Warrensburg has been contained. There is no ongoing threat and no need to shelter in place.”

Johnson County Emergency Management Agency said East Hale Lake Rd, Ridgeview Drive and Mitchell Street were closed but have been reopened.

Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, Missouri State Highway Patrol, University of Central Missouri Department of Public Safety, Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office, Johnson County EMA, Ambulance District and Warrensburg Fire Department assisted.

This is a developing story

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