Minnesota is once again at the center of a horrific crime after prosecutors say a dispute over a parking contract ended in the fatal shooting of three employees at a rental company.
Authorities have charged 30-year-old Tsegaab Ademassu Binessu, an Ethiopian immigrant, with three counts of murder following Monday’s attack.
According to TwinCities.com, surveillance footage captured the shootings. Police later arrested Binessu nearly 200 miles from the crime scene. Investigators said he was carrying his U.S. passport, Social Security card, an empty handgun magazine, and a permit to carry a firearm when he was taken into custody.
A roommate told the publication Binessu had lived in the United States for at least eight years. His wife and children reportedly remain in Ethiopia after encountering immigration-related complications that prevented them from joining him.
Prosecutors allege the violence began after Binessu visited his apartment’s rental office to cancel a parking agreement he had recently renewed. Having sold the vehicle associated with the parking space, he reportedly wanted to end the contract immediately.
According to investigators, management informed him that the agreement could not simply be canceled and that he remained responsible for the monthly payment.
Ethiopian migrant accused of executing three apartment staffers due to a parking dispute in Minnesota.
30-year-old Tsegaab Binessu was reportedly upset that he wasn’t allowed to cancel his $ 65-a-month parking garage contract, so he decided to murder three people.
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Many renters have experienced the frustration of being bound by a contract they no longer want. What authorities allege happened next, however, was anything but ordinary.
Instead of leaving the office or pursuing other legal options, prosecutors say Binessu pulled out a handgun and fatally shot three employees before fleeing in a vehicle belonging to one of the victims.
He was later located and arrested.
According to the criminal complaint cited by TwinCities.com, Binessu told investigators that he “hated the American system.”
The complaint further states that Binessu believed apartment management repeatedly blamed problems on “the system” instead of helping him.
Investigators also wrote that Binessu believed he had been treated unfairly because he is Black and an immigrant.
“Binessu repeatedly said he has lost everything he cared about: his wife, his children, his business, his peace of mind,” the complaint states. “Binessu said life without his family no longer made sense.”
Those statements may become an important part of the criminal case as prosecutors seek to establish motive. They do not lessen the gravity of the allegations or excuse the deaths of three people who, according to investigators, were simply performing their jobs.
