Corey Montez Jordan, 51, was fatally shot on August 25, 2020, at Douglass Park in Columbia, Missouri. He had been at a gathering in the park when an altercation over a dice game escalated; investigators say the dispute involved as little as three dollars. Jordan suffered a gunshot wound that proved fatal.

Court documents describe the suspect, 51-year-old Rickey Lee Murry, as moving through the park using trees and vehicles for cover before shooting Jordan. Murry was arrested and charged in Boone County. Prosecutors later amended the primary charge; Murry pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and related weapon offenses as part of a plea agreement.

At sentencing the victim’s family spoke against the plea, saying Jordan’s life was taken over a trivial amount of money. The court imposed an 18-year term in the Missouri Department of Corrections. Does anyone have information about that gathering at Douglass Park or witnesses who were there that night?