Audrain County man accused of being involved in March shooting
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
An Audrain County man was charged with several felonies on Friday after authorities claim he helped a teenager commit a shooting in March in Mexico.
Casey Minter Jr., of Mexico, was charged in Audrain County with conspiracy to commit a felony, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree property damage, a misdemeanor. A warrant was served on Monday and a hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Audrain County Courthouse.
The probable cause statement says a 15-year-old shot at a home in the 300 block of North Missouri Street multiple times on March 26. Three residents were in the home at the time of the shooting.
“Surveillance video from the area showed an SUV commonly driven by Minter in the vicinity at the time of the incident,” court documents say.
Officers did a traffic stop on a vehicle on April 8 and found a gun – which ballistics testing allegedly determined was used in the shooting, the statement says. Minter allegedly denied being involved in the shooting, but the person he used for an alibi allegedly told law enforcement that he told them he helped “shoot up” the home with the youth, court documents allege.
Another person described as a witness in court documents allegedly told police that they were in the SUV with Minter and the youth. That person claimed they saw Minter drive the vehicle and give the youth the gun, court documents say.