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Deputies identify Millbrook Drive homicide victim

Large Boone County Sheriff's department presence near W. Millbrook Drive Feb. 15.
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Large Boone County Sheriff's department presence near W. Millbrook Drive Feb. 15.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Boone County Sheriff's deputies identified a teenager killed in a shooting in the 4700 block of W. Millbrook Drive Monday night.

A social media post from the sheriff's department said 19-year-old Jakob Cole, of Columbia, died in the shooting.

The post said deputies received multiple calls about a shooting in the neighborhood starting at 7:42 p.m.

The first crews on the scene said individuals were giving Cole first aid in the driveway of a residence. Deputies and a University of Missouri police officer, who also arrived at the scene, took over the emergency aid.

Investigators believe Cole was shot multiple times. He was taken to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:36 p.m.

Deputies said the homicide investigation is ongoing and that anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's department at 573-442-6131 or 311.

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