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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">April 3, 2024</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Jenny Hopper
<br />Public Information Officer
<br />Columbia Police Department
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.489.2757
<br />policepio@CoMo.gov
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<br />Brian McNeill
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<br />Columbia Police Department
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<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%;">Update: US Marshals offer $3,000 reward for each suspect wanted in 2023 homicide investigation</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia Police are actively searching for Alqueze Jones, 20, Deljuan Turner, 20, and Deazes Turner, 21, all of Columbia. They are wanted in connection to the murder of Deshon Joseph Houston, 33, of Columbia, that occurred June 26, 2023, in the 3200 block of Dove Drive.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $3,000 reward for information that directly leads to the arrest of one of the fugitive suspects in this case. Providing information to Crimestoppers that directly leads to the arrest of one of the suspects </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">could also qualify you</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for a cash reward. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Community members should not approach these individuals as they are considered armed and dangerous.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At approximately 4:30 p.m. on June 26, 2023 officers responded to the 3200 block of Dove Drive for multiple reports of shots fired. Upon arriving at the scene officers located an adult male, later identified as Houston, with an apparent gunshot wound. He was determined to be deceased at the scene. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Columbia Police Department has already arrested Jajuan Crockett, 22, Damarkus Williams, 19, Bryton Allen, 20, and Ja’Shaun Barney, 19, all of Columbia, in connection with this homicide investigation. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />This is an ongoing investigation. If you have any information regarding the location of these suspects, please reach out to the Columbia Police Department at 573.874.7652. T</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">o provide information without leaving your name or number</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> contact CrimeStoppers at 573.875.TIPS (8477). You can also provide information to the U.S. Marshals Service through their website (</span><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://www.usmarshals.gov"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.usmarshals.gov</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) for confidential reporting.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Case number 2023-005837</strong></p>
<p><strong>Previous releases:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Update: Columbia Police search for three suspects in connection to 2023 homicide investigation in the 3200 block of Dove Drive</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=8731</span></p>
<p><strong><br />Columbia Police arrest suspect in connection to homicide investigation in the 3200 block of Dove Drive, June 26</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=8613</span></p>
<p><strong><br />Columbia Police search for multiple suspects in connection to homicide investigation in the 3200 block of Dove Drive, June 26</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=8503</span></p></div>
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