Third arrest made in west Boone County shooting Sunday

UPDATE 4/4 8:45am: A third person is now in jail in connection with a recent shooting in west Boone County.

A detective with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department confirms police arrested 19-year-old Mariquan Midgyett yesterday after noticing him driving a vehicle that matched the description of a suspect vehicle in the shooting.

The detective says police found a pistol in the vehicle matching shell casing found at the scene of Sunday’s shooting. He also says Midgyett later admitted to being involved.

Authorities say Midgyett was in the other vehicle involved in the shooting.

Midgyett is held in a $250,000 dollar bond and is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday.

He’s currently on probation for a different shooting on Raleigh Drive back in September. CaseNet shows Midgyett was sentenced to five years supervised probation for that shooting, which started in February.

UPDATE 4/3 11:30 a.m.: Barron Thompson Jr. and Monterio Truss are facing felony charges of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in connection with the shooting near Crestview Drive.

According to the probable cause statement obtained by ABC 17 News, deputies said Joint Communications received multiple calls about two men in an older blue police car that were shooting as they were driving on Crestview Drive.

Witnesses told deputies that the driver of the blue car was wearing a white hoodie and the passenger was shooting out of the car window with a rifle.

Deputies located the older blue police car, which was a 2007 Ford Crown Victoria, in the 4300 block of Southview Drive. Deputies said the car belonged to Thompson.

According to the statement, witnesses also told deputies that a grey Ford Fusion came back to Crestview Drive. They said the driver was wearing a white hoodie and the passenger got out of the car and started to pick up shell casings.

An off-duty Columbia police officer was able to locate the Ford Fusion and stopped the car on Scott Boulevard. The officer identified the passenger as Thompson and the driver as Truss.

Deputies obtained a search warrant for the Crown Victoria and found a loaded rifle and a magazine in the truck of the car matching the caliber of the shell casings found at the scene.

According to the probable cause statement for Truss, deputies said Truss is a known member of the local gang Squad Up.

Truss is scheduled for his first appearance in court at 1 p.m. Monday.

UPDATE 4/3: Two men have been arrested in connection to the incident.

Thompson, 20, and Truss, 17, were in one of the vehicles at the time of the shooting.

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department says the incident is still under investigation.

UPDATE: Boone County Sheriff Deputies say gunshots were likely exchanged between people in two vehicles in the area of Crestview and Bainbridge Drive.

Deputies have not received any reports of injuries or property damage related to this incident.

ORIGINAL: Two people are detained after a shooting near Columbia Sunday afternoon.

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department responded to a shots fired call around 1:00 p.m.

About half an hour later, ABC 17 News crews saw deputies and Columbia Police officers conducting a traffic stop near the HyVee on West Broadway.

The sheriff’s department confirmed two people were detained in the traffic stop in connection to the shots fired.

A short distance away, deputies were also searching a second vehicle near Southview and Scott Boulevard. The sheriff’s department confirmed the second vehicle was abandoned and is possibly related to the shots fired incident as well.

ABC 17 News is working to confirm if there were any injuries or any property damage in the shots fired call.

This is a developing story. Stick with ABC 17 News for updates.