According to the criminal complaint, on March 20, 2023, just after noon, the Wright County Sheriff’s Office received multiple 911 calls about a shooting that just occurred in the parking lot of a business. Officers responded to Dura Supreme, located at 300 Dura Drive in Howard Lake and found a man deceased in the driver’s seat of a truck in the parking lot. The victim was identified as 20-year-old Adrian Mantano Medina.

A witness of the shooting reported that the suspect had left the scene in a black pickup truck. A deputy in the area observed a black pickup truck bearing the matching license plate described by the witness traveling on Highway 12 in Waverly and performed a traffic stop.