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<br />Brian McNeill
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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: Three suspects from Dove Drive homicide arrested</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <h1><strong>Update: Three suspects from Dove Drive homicide arrested</strong></h1>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alqueze Jones, 20, Deljuan Turner, 20, and Deazes Turner, 22, all of Columbia, were arrested on charges of second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon in connection with the homicide that occurred June 26, 2023, in the 3200 block of Dove Drive.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All three suspects were arrested on June 6 by the Muscogee Creek Nation Lighthorse Tribal Police in Oklahoma.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We would like to extend our gratitude to the Muscogee Creek Nation Lighthorse Tribal Police and the community for all of their assistance.</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 Deshon Houston, with an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Columbia Police Department previously 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;">This investigation is ongoing. If you have any information, please contact the Columbia Police Department at 573.874.7652. To provide information without leaving your name or number, call CrimeStoppers at 573.875.8477.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Case number 2023-005837</strong></p>
<p><strong>Previous releases:</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Update: US Marshals offer $3,000 reward for each suspect wanted in 2023 homicide investigation</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=8755</span></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>
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<p><strong>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>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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