Corey Lee Bilger was 33 when he was shot and killed while pumping gas at a Phillips 66 station on West Boulevard in Columbia on February 1, 2024. He was a father of two and worked at the Quaker Oats Company.

Court documents say an 18-year-old man, Seth Andrew Brinegar, drove into the station and began yelling and cursing at Bilger, repeatedly asking if Bilger was following him. Witnesses reported Bilger appeared to be holding only his cell phone and told Brinegar he did not know him. The confrontation escalated and Bilger was shot multiple times as he approached Brinegar’s vehicle. A bullet also struck a nearby car carrying a man and a six-month-old infant; neither was injured.

Brinegar was later found parked near the gas station, arrested, booked into the Boone County Jail and charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action; court proceedings were scheduled to begin in the days after the arrest. Does anyone who was at the Phillips 66 that night or who knew Corey have information to share?