Friends and family are mourning the loss of KCUR public radio journalist Aviva Okeson-Haberman.
KCUR reported she died Friday when she was hit by a stray bullet inside her first-floor Kansas City apartment.
Okeson-Haberman, 24, graduated from Central High School in Springfield in 2015.
She volunteered with the Boys and Girls Club in Springfield.
She graduated from the University of Missouri in 2019.
She’s the daughter of former Springfield News-Leader reporter Sarah Okeson.
Looking back at the college career of Aviva Okeson-Haberman, BJ ’19, who died today after suffering a gunshot wound in her Kansas City apartment. The public radio journalist was 24. #MizzouMade @KCUR @KBIA @CoMissourian @KOMUnews @NPR @Mizzou https://t.co/0x10B4lRuL pic.twitter.com/5xU7TzSmMJ
— Mizzou Journalism (@mujschool) April 26, 2021
