COLUMBIA — A Columbia woman pleaded guilty Monday in connection to the 2024 shots fired, kidnapping and carjacking incident in the parking lot of the Conley Road Walmart.

Whitney Nevels-McKee, 35, was arrested in May 2024 and accused of stealing a gun, threatening multiple people in their cars in the parking lot, trying to hijack vehicles and shooting at multiple people.

The incident also caused the Conley Road Walmart to go into a lockdown and move hundreds of customers to the back of the building, according to a probable cause statement.

According to Boone County Prosecuting Attorney Roger Johnson, Nevels-McKee pleaded guilty Monday in Boone County court to amended felony charges of:

Vehicle hijacking

Armed criminal action

Second-degree kidnapping

Unlawful use of a weapon

Unlaw

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