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The Boone County Sheriffs Office is investigating the death of Columbia attorney, Steven Wyse, according to Capt. Brian Leer. No foul play is suspected in his death, but the investigation

"And now shes flying," Treece said. Treece made his statement Wednesday at Columbia College during a celebration and reception for the new Nadria Leeann Wright Memorial Nursing Scholarship, which was unveiled last week on what would have been Wrights 20th birthday. Nadria was 18 when she died on Sept. 13, 2019. A freshman nursing student at Columbia College, she was a passenger in a car when she was struck by a gunshot intended for the driver. Columbia College teamed up with Regional Economic ...

Nadria Wright would have been 20 on Tuesday.  The Columbia College students life ended on Sept. 13, 2019, when she was a passenger in a car, killed by a gunshot intended for the driver. She was the seventh person killed by gun violence in Columbia in 2019. She was 18 and a freshman nursing student at Columbia College. She had been a member of the Blue Thunder Track Club and played saxophone in the Battle High School band. She traveled to China to study at Shanghai University with Columbia Pub...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of Nadria Wright, an 18-year-old woman who was killed in a September 2019 Columbia shooting, feels like justice wasnt served today. "I was told explicitly how they [the prosecution] feel about it," Hamilton said. "That they dont represent me and my family and now that I know that, Im gonna see what I can do to try to make sure that our families are represented when something like this happens." The Columbia man accused in the shooting killed Nadria Wright and lef...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Columbia man who shot an 18-year-old woman to death while she...

Murder suspect takes plea deal resulting in reduced charges. COLUMBIA - The man accused of shooting and killing a teenager in September 2019 pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to seven years in prison. Javion Lawhorn entered an Alford plea to second-degree assault and first-degree involuntary manslaughter during a pre-trial hearing Friday. He was set to stand trial next week.  Special public defender Stephen Wyse said he arranged the plea bargain with special prosecutor Morley Swingle e...