University of Missouri president Mun Choi is pressing local officials about crime rates near the Columbia campus after a student from neighboring Stephens College died Sunday following a downtown shooting, KCUR and the Columbia Missourian reported. The president’s demand to address the city’s “rampant crime rate” has gathered some support, but critics say that his characterization of the local climate is overexaggerated, pointing to data from the local police department. Neither the shooter in the Saturday incident nor any of the victims have been identified as unhoused, according to local reporting. Mike Kehoe, several members of the Columbia City Council and Mayor Buffaloe—have voiced support for Choi’s general call to improve safety. “Statistics cannot be used solely as a reason for us to move away from what needs to be done in the city of Columbia,” Choi said.