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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">MEDIA ADVISORY</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">May 26, 2021</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Jeff Pitts
<br />Public Information Specialist
<br />Columbia Police Department
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.817.5049
<br />policepio@CoMo.gov
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<br />Brittany Hilderbrand
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<br />Columbia Police Department
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.874.7671
<br />policepio@CoMo.gov</p>
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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 a press conference Wednesday, May 26 at 5 p.m. regarding an officer involved shooting</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia Police Department Chief Geoff Jones will speak at a press conference on Wednesday, May 26 at 5 p.m. to provide preliminary information to the media and community regarding an officer-involved shooting.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The press conference will be held in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 701 E. Broadway. All members of the media and community are invited to attend.</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=524e7fda-aa07-4f92-97f9-2364bf451337"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://gocolumbiamo.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=524e7fda-aa07-4f92-97f9-2364bf451337</span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Case number 2021-004890</strong></p></div>
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