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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">April 28, 2023</p>
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<br />Toni Messina
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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%;">Columbia Police arrest juvenile in connection to 2020 homicide at the Cosmopolitan Recreation Area Park, April 28</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - Columbia Police have arrested a juvenile for second-degree murder in connection to a homicide that occurred at Cosmopolitan Recreation Area Park on Nov. 2, 2020.<br /><br />The juvenile is the second arrest made in this incident. On May 26, 2022, members of the U.S. Marshals Service located and arrested Maurice D. Banks, Jr. in Las Vegas. Banks, 19, of Columbia, was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault and armed criminal action.<br /><br />At approximately 6 p.m. on Nov. 2, 2020, Columbia Police responded to a report of shots fired at the park and located a deceased male who was later identified as Jermaine Spain, 19, of Columbia.<br /><br />During the investigation, officers were able to identify a second gunshot victim who received medical attention at a local hospital.<br /><br />This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact
the Columbia Police Department at 573.874.7652 or CrimeStoppers at 573.875.TIPS (8477) to remain anonymous.<br /><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Case Number 2020-010525</strong></div>
<br /><br /><strong>Previous press release(s):</strong><br /><br /><strong>Suspect arrested in connection to 2020 homicide at the Cosmopolitan Recreation Area Park, May 26</strong><br /><br />https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=8052<br /><br /><strong>Columbia police investigate homicide at Cosmopolitan Recreation Area Park, 1615 W. Business Loop, Nov 2</strong><br /><br />https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=7125<br /><br /><strong>Update: Columbia police detained a juvenile involved in homicide at Cosmopolitan Recreation Area Park, 1615 W. Business Loop, Nov 2</strong><br /><br />https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=7126<br /><br /><strong>Update: Cosmopolitan Area Recreation Park homicide investigation continues, juvenile suspect released from detention center, Nov. 5</strong><br /><br />https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=7130</div>
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