In the early morning hours of May 23, 2021, deputies from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office were at The Vault in northeast Columbia, Missouri, for a parking complaint when they were told a shooting had just occurred inside the bar. Officers entered and found a patron, Junous Osha Kelly, a 24-year-old Black man from Columbia, with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

The sheriff’s office classified the death as a homicide and opened an investigation, asking witnesses at the nightclub to come forward and offering anonymous tip lines. Family and friends held funeral services for Kelly on June 4, 2021, at Parkade Baptist Church.

If anyone was at The Vault that night or has information that could help identify those responsible, please come forward.