Columbia, Missouri, leaders are shared their plans for increasing safety downtown following the shooting of a Stephens College student Saturday.

City of Columbia officials have met with University of Missouri President Mun Choi to discuss plans to address crime in downtown Columbia. Leaders said multiple solutions are needed to address the problems Choi mentioned in a letter sent over the weekend.

Mayor Barbara Buffaloe has spoken with Choi, Police Chief Jill Schlude, MU Police Department Chief Brian Weimer and other local leaders since Aiyanna Williams, a Stephens College student and part time nurse on MU Health's cardiovascular team, was killed in a shooting downtown early Saturday morning.

Buffaloe posted to Facebook after the meeting saying she plans to honor Williams and ot

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