On the evening of January 16, 2022, gunfire in the 800 block of West 23rd Street in Kearney, Nebraska, left 31-year-old Jared M. Shinpaugh dead. Witnesses heard shots about 8:38 p.m. and saw several people flee the area in a car. Shinpaugh and 29-year-old Joseph Garcia were later dropped off at a Kearney hospital by a private vehicle; Garcia survived and was released, while Shinpaugh died of his wounds.

An 18-year-old resident, Joshua Morris of Kearney, was also shot during what investigators described as an attempted robbery that involved large amounts of drugs at the scene. Arrests and charges followed: Zachary Walker, 20, received a prison sentence on related weapons charges; Joshua Morris and 19-year-old Mariah Chamberlin received probation for drug convictions; Joseph Garcia faced federal weapons charges; and Chenoa Lemburg was arrested on attempted robbery charges. A felony arrest warrant for 24-year-old Romeo Chambers of Omaha named him on multiple counts including second-degree murder; he was arrested in Phoenix on January 5, 2024, and held pending extradition to Buffalo County to face the charges related to Shinpaugh’s death.

Does anyone have information about the shooting or about the people involved that could help clarify what happened that night?