COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Ethan Jones has owned MindRight Wellness in downtown Columbia for five years. He said he came into work Monday with a heavy heart after shooting on Saturday morning left one student dead and injured two others just a few stores down.
“It’s definitely a heavy energy,” Jones said. “It’s emotional, you know.”
He said the downtown he knows and loves is not the same as it once was.
“I read it on all the Facebook comments, ‘Oh, downtown, you’re going to get shot,’ and all this crazy stuff. But now, people obviously would feel that way for a reason or two,” Jones said.
He said when the sun sets and bar open, that’s when it seems crime is the worst downtown.
“I think over time we’re losing that uniqueness of what downtown is and has and what it was,
Downtown Columbia businesses, leaders address safety after fatal shooting
