Update regarding the incident yesterday in the City of Howard Lake:

On 03/20/23 at about 12:06 p.m., Wright County Communications received a call for a shooting at 300 Dura Drive in the City of Howard Lake. A caller on scene was able to provide Wright County Communications with the license plate and vehicle description of the suspect vehicle as it left the scene.

Howard Lake Police Officers arrived, secured the scene and located a victim of an apparent gunshot wound, Adrian Montano Medina (20 years old from Lester Prairie). Montano Medina was pronounced deceased at the scene of the shooting.

A Wright County Deputy located the suspect vehicle in the City of Waverly and a traffic stop was initiated south of the city limits. The suspect and lone occupant of the vehicle, Kevin Zelayo Asencio (23 years old from Glencoe) was taken into custody by Deputies without incident. A firearm was recovered from inside the vehicle at the traffic stop location.

Zalayo Ascencio was transported to and booked into the Wright County Jail. Reports from the Wright County Sheriff’s Office and Howard Lake Police Department are being forwarded to the Wright County Attorney’s Office for criminal charges.

A Statement from Wright County Sheriff Sean Deringer: 2:02 p.m.
At approximately 12:06 p.m. today (March 20), Wright County deputies were dispatched to assist Howard Lake Police Department with the report of a shooting in the 300 block of Dura Drive in the City of Howard Lake.

A gunshot wound victim was located at the scene of the call. A suspect was taken into custody a short distance away. There is no known risk to public safety at this time. The incident is currently under investigation by the Wright County Sheriff’s Office and the Howard Lake Police Department.

More details will follow identifying the suspect and victim.

Howard Lake, MN–Several members of the public are reporting on social media either a shooting or shots being fired heard by or near the Dura Supreme factory in Howard Lake.

The Herald Journal reached out to the city for comment and was told that they are unable at this time to confirm the reports.

Update 1:32 p.m.– the social media posts reporting the situation have now been marked private. And the city has said that the chief of police has given the all clear in the area but that a police presence is still within the vacinity of the factory at this time and will remain.

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