"The shooting, which also resulted in serious injuries to two others, took place early Saturday morning on the college town's main street. One individual, not from the city, got into a verbal dispute and then opened fire toward the people he was confronting. The three individuals he hit, however, were bystanders. In a letter sent the same day as the shooting, Choi called on city and county leaders to bolster the police presence and prosecute crimes to the fullest extent of the law."
"But when asked during a press conference Monday what policies and practices he believes "attract criminals," the MU president said he had none to cite. Neither the shooter in the Saturday incident nor any of the victims have been identified as unhoused, according to local reporting. "That is why I am asking [local leaders] to evaluate the processes that we have and the practices," he explained."
University of Missouri president Mun Choi pressed city and county officials to address what he called a "rampant crime rate" after a Stephens College student died following a downtown shooting. The shooting occurred early Saturday on the town's main street when a nonlocal individual engaged in a verbal dispute and then opened fire, injuring three bystanders. Choi called for bolstered police presence, full prosecution, removal of unhoused encampments, a loitering notice, and repeal of policies that "attract criminals." Choi later said he could not cite specific policies, and critics point to local police data as overstating the problem.
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