One Arrest Made After Shooting in Mexico Sends Man to the Hospital

A Mexico man was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a shooting during the evening hours of Saturday, March 15, 2025.

Mexico Public Safety responded to the 200 block of South Alabama just before 10pm in reference to a shooting.

Upon arrival, officers learned that a 46-year-old man had been shot while in the front yard of a house, by people in a white Lincoln sedan.

Mexico Public Safety says this was part of a dispute which had been going on throughout the day at various locations.

Audrain Ambulance responded and took the man who had been shot to University Hospital, where he was admitted for non-life-threatening injuries.

Shortly after the shooting happened, a deputy with the Audrain County Sheriff’s Department stopped the suspect vehicle on South Clark neat Oak Lane and 25-year-old Monterio M. Truss of Mexico was arrested.

According to the press release, 28-year-old Branden J. Truss of Mexico, ran from the traffic stop and was not located.

Monterio Truss was processed at Mexico Public Safety and eventually taken to the Audrain County Jail for 1st Degree Assault, 4th Degree Assault, and Unlawful Use of a Weapon.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Branden Truss.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol also assisted with the investigation.