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<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Jeff Pitts
<br />Community Relations Specialist/Public Information Officer
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<br />Brittany Hilderbrand
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">CPD to host press conference Aug. 12 at 4 p.m. regarding arrest connected to Aug. 11 shots fired incident</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia Police Department Lt. Matt Stephens will speak at a press conference Wednesday, Aug. 12 at 4 p.m. regarding an arrest made for an incident that occurred on East Forest Avenue on Tuesday, Aug. 11, during the early morning hours. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The briefing will be held in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 701 E. Broadway. Social distancing measures will be in place. Masks are required.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The press conference will be live-streamed at </span><a href="http://gocolumbiamo.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=cc40fa1c-78e7-4f6b-a57f-eff2881ffba0"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://gocolumbiamo.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=cc40fa1c-78e7-4f6b-a57f-eff2881ffba0</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">and will begin 5 minutes prior to 4 p.m. and live broadcast on Spectrum 992, Mediacom 80 and CenturyLink 96.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia police investigate two public safety incidents within a 2-mile radius in central Columbia, Aug. 11</span></p>
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