New indictment filed against man accused in 2023 Dove Drive shooting

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A new set of charges have been filed against one of the men accused in the 2023 Dove Drive shooting that left one man dead.

A superseding indictment was filed on Friday in the case against Ja’Shaun Barney, 21, of Columbia. He is now charged with conspiracy to commit a felony, accessory to first-degree murder, accessory to first-degree assault, first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, unlawful use of a weapon and three counts of armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond.

Seven people total were charged in the Dove Drive shooting. Barney is the only one accused who has not pleaded guilty. Court documents say Deazes Turner, Deljuan Turner and Alqueze Jones shot and killed Deshon Houston from a white 2017 Ford Explorer driven by Barney, while Bryton Allen also shot at Houston from an Acura MDX driven by Williams.

Friday’s indictment also listed the initials of a second person who was allegedly targeted in the shooting.

Damarkus Williams, 21, was given a 10-year sentence in the Missouri Department of Corrections for a guilty plea in November to second-degree conspiracy to commit murder.

Deljuan Turner, 22, pleaded guilty in November 2024 to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 21 years in prison. Jones, 22, pleaded guilty that same month to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 21 years in prison.

Allen, 22, pleaded guilty in July 2024 to second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon and was sentenced to 20 years. He was also sentenced to four years in prison in an unrelated case where he pleaded guilty to resisting arrest in 2021.

Deazes Turner pleaded guilty in April to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 21 years in prison.

Jajuan Crockett pleaded guilty in May to second-degree murder, tampering with a motor vehicle, two counts of stealing and one count of tampering with evidence. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.