Area law-enforcement officers are undergoing intensive training at the Boone County Sheriff’s Office to learn how to better successfully manage a crisis involving individuals with mental health, substance abuse and other issues.
The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) is an innovative first-responder model of law enforcement- based on crisis intervention with community, healthcare and advocacy partnerships.
CIT training is a 40-hour POST approved training course focusing on training law enforcement in the basic assessment skills for effectively handling incidents involving subjects in mental health or emotional crisis. CIT training improves the safety of law enforcement, consumers, family members and citizens within the community.
A family member shares insight on the morning she lost Junous O. Kelly from The Vault shooting on Sunday.
BOONE COUNTY - A family is grieving after the loss of a 24-year-old in Boone County early Sunday morning.Â
Junous O. Kelly was shot at The Vault on Clark Lane. Deputies said they found Kelly after responding to a parking complaint at the Lakeview Mall.
Junous O. Kelly, 24
Kelly s cousin, Angenique Thompson, was with him at the time of the shooting. Shots rang out and everyone hit the floor, Thompson said. Then, I got off the floor and lifted my head and saw that he was on the floor, so I ran over to apply pressure.
COLUMBIA - Police found one man dead as a result of a gun shot at The Vault early this morning.Â
Around 2:50 a.m., several Boone County deputies were on the scene of the Lakeview Mall, located at 5695 E Clark Lane, dealing with a parking complaint. Police noticed several people exiting The Vault, a business located in the strip mall, and received information that a shooting had occurred inside the business.
Deputies entered The Vault and located a victim who had been shot. The victim, identified as 24-year-old Junous O. Kelly of Columbia was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.