BOONE COUNTY —A Missouri man drowned just before 4:30p.m.. Saturday in Boone County.
On Monday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported troopers responded to a private pond at 7575 W. Sweringen for an individual missing in the water.
Shamsullah Omar Zai, 32, Columbia, was in a canoe on the pond when it overturned and he was ejected. Zai was unable to swim and was pronounced dead at the scene just before 7p.m. by the Boone County Medical Examiner.
He was not wearing a life jacket, according to the MSHP.