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Columbia's Administrator of Office of Violence Prevention
Posted on: May 21, 2025 at 07:14:23 CT
BH O'bonga MU
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couldn't prevent the shooting at the Niphong McDonald's last weekend. However, he had sage advice on how the situation could have been avoided.
" Office of Violence Prevention Administrator D'Markus Thomas-Brown said the shooting stemmed from a road rage incident and that he heard from Columbia police that the shooting was an instance of self-defense.
He said believes these situations could be avoided by putting more emphasis on mental health.
"We have a mental health crisis, and when you have whatever people are going through — whether it's PTSD, untreated trauma or lack of de-escalation skills, being able to meet humanity with humanity — this becomes an outcome," Thomas-Brown said. "We must look at the aspect of untreated mental health. No one's going to McDonald's thinking they're going to lose their life."
Thomas-Brown said his office is working to prevent instances like this from happening in the first place.
"The prevention in this is helping, on the front side, these two individuals make different decisions," Thomas-Brown said. "What the Office of Violence Prevention would have been in process of doing would be talking about de-escalation, talking about people getting trauma counseling to be able to deal with what would cause one to pull their gun.""
https://www.komu.com/news/midmissourinews/witness-of-nifong-boulevard-shooting-speaks-out/article_4e465591-2638-488e-859d-889d7eae4ad6.html
I'm not sure the city of Columbia is getting their money's worth out of the Office of Violence Prevention program. They could have spent that money on a fortune teller and gotten the same results.
" Office of Violence Prevention Administrator D'Markus Thomas-Brown said the shooting stemmed from a road rage incident and that he heard from Columbia police that the shooting was an instance of self-defense.
He said believes these situations could be avoided by putting more emphasis on mental health.
"We have a mental health crisis, and when you have whatever people are going through — whether it's PTSD, untreated trauma or lack of de-escalation skills, being able to meet humanity with humanity — this becomes an outcome," Thomas-Brown said. "We must look at the aspect of untreated mental health. No one's going to McDonald's thinking they're going to lose their life."
Thomas-Brown said his office is working to prevent instances like this from happening in the first place.
"The prevention in this is helping, on the front side, these two individuals make different decisions," Thomas-Brown said. "What the Office of Violence Prevention would have been in process of doing would be talking about de-escalation, talking about people getting trauma counseling to be able to deal with what would cause one to pull their gun.""
https://www.komu.com/news/midmissourinews/witness-of-nifong-boulevard-shooting-speaks-out/article_4e465591-2638-488e-859d-889d7eae4ad6.html
I'm not sure the city of Columbia is getting their money's worth out of the Office of Violence Prevention program. They could have spent that money on a fortune teller and gotten the same results.
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Columbia's Administrator of Office of Violence Prevention - BH O'bonga MU - 5/21 07:14:23
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