deadly deputy-involved shooting

Missouri Highway Patrol’s now handling investigation into Boone County’s deadly deputy-involved shooting

February 15, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

The investigation into Sunday morning’s deadly deputy-involved shooting east of Columbia is now being handled by the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control (DDCC). Patrol Corporal Kyle Green says the Boone County Sheriff’s Department requested that the DDCC handle the investigation. Corporal Green tells 939 the Eagle that this is an …

Boone County Sheriff’s Departments identifies suspect killed in Sunday’s incident near Rangeline and Richland roads

February 14, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department has identified the suspect killed in Sunday’s deputy-involved shooting as 37-year-old Blain Johnson of Columbia. The sheriff’s department says deputies spotted his vehicle on Sunday morning at about 10:30 near the Lake of the Woods. Deputies say the vehicle was connected to a possible kidnapping. Deputies tried to pull Johnson’s …