Man charged in 2024 Columbia shooting case set to face new judge

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A man charged in connection with a deadly 2024 shooting in Columbia will be in front of a new judge at the Boone County Courthouse Friday afternoon.

Jordan Brantley will be in the courtroom at 1:30 p.m. for a status hearing. Brantley is charged with first-degree assault, second-degree murder and armed criminal action for the shooting death of Travon Ashcraft in 2024. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond.

A new judge was assigned to Brantley's case after the defense filed a motion to disqualify his original judge, Judge Jeff Harris. The motion was filed because Harris is presiding over cases involving Brantley’s mother.

The court denied the motion, but Harris still stepped down from the case “to avoid even the appearance of bias in light of the disclosure to the Court last week,” court filings show. Judge Brouck Jacobs is now presiding over Brantley's case.

Brantley is one of three people who were charged in the death of Trevon Ashcraft. Cordero Riley Jr. pleaded guilty last year to unlawful use of a weapon and second-degree assault and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Quanina Lambert pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and child endangerment in 2025. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

According to previous reporting, a home on Rice Road was apparently targeted by a group of shooters who pulled up in an SUV in May of 2024. Police found Ashcraft shot in the head and he later died at an area hospital.

Brantley was allegedly part of the group targeting the house and was seen on video wearing a black ski mask, police wrote in the probable cause statement. He was allegedly seen on video shooting down Boyd Lane during the shootout. Police believe he fired the fatal shot, previous reporting indicates.