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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">September 18, 2026</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Brian McNeill <br />Public Information Specialist <br />Columbia Police Department <br />City of Columbia <br />573.825.4022 <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: Columbia Police arrest suspect in Aug. 2 shooting on Conley Road</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia Police arrested Chase Ricketts, 19, of Columbia, on Sept. 18 in connection with an Aug. 2 shooting on Conley Road.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Police detectives arrested Ricketts in the 200 block of North Old 63 on charges of first-degree assault, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree tampering with physical evidence. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At about 11:47 on </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aug. 2, Columbia Police responded to an incident involving shots fired in the 900 block of Conley Road. Officers located a 26-year-old male with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Columbia Police Department at 573.874.7652. To provide information without leaving your name or number, call CrimeStoppers at 573.875.8477 or visit</span><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="http://www.p3tips.com/899?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExNTRjcXBNMjA2VVdSazBjZQEeWtTwMybJza38Tl4wSYajyJQTI_Zf713ElqkK6tBAocUUMi1BesJdZydP6eY_aem_xugvqyBs0iQiygoQc-5ZxA"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">http://www.p3tips.com/899</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. If you provide information to CrimeStoppers that leads to an arrest, you may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $2,500. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Case Number 2026-007323</strong></p>
<p><strong>Previous release</strong></p>
<p><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=9786"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia Police respond to incident on Conley Road</span></a></p>
<p><strong>Missouri statutes</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">565.050 - Assault in the first degree</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">571.015 - Armed criminal action</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">571.030 - Unlawful use of a weapon</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">575.100 - Tampering with physical evidence in the first degree</span></p></div>
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