Kennedi Demuth, 25, a white woman from Fullerton, was found shot inside a Columbus, Nebraska home on the evening of September 16, 2025, after officers were dispatched around 8:35 p.m. to a residence near the 22nd block of 7th Street. Responding officers discovered Demuth with a gunshot wound to the head; she was still alive when first responders arrived. Police publicly identified her the next day as the victim in the fatal shooting.
She was transported for emergency treatment and, despite medical efforts, died the following day, September 17, 2025, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, with her family present. Local obituaries later confirmed her full name as Kennedi Marie DeMuth and listed funeral arrangements in her hometown.
In the days after the shooting, investigators arrested 25-year-old Jack Reeg of Columbus in connection with the case. Authorities announced he was booked on suspicion of second-degree murder, use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, and making terroristic threats, as the investigation into motive continued. A regional outlet reported that Reeg admitted to causing the injury, while police leadership called the killing a tragic incident and pledged a thorough inquiry.
