Suspect in triple shooting dressed as UPS worker to gain access to victims' home, prosecutors say
A Minnesota man is accused of murdering three people after wearing a UPS uniform to gain access to their residence for a robbery attempt that turned deadly.
A Minnesota man is accused of murdering three people after wearing a UPS uniform to gain access to their residence for a robbery attempt that turned deadly, prosecutors said in a criminal complaint filed Monday.
Alonzo Mingo, 37, faces three counts of second degree murder committed without premeditation but with intent, according to the complaint filed in Anoka County, Minnesota, district court. It adds a "modifier" to the case — an assertion that a firearm was used — that can increase a defendant's sentence if they are found guilty.
Prosecutors say security camera video and audio from inside and outside the victims' residence in Coon Rapids, a suburb of Minneapolis, supports their claim Mingo drove his Nissan Altima to the home shortly after noon on Friday, went to the front door dressed as a UPS delivery worker, was let inside, and demanded money at gunpoint.
An investigator prepares to enter the home in Anoka, Minn., on Friday.KAREHe was accompanied by one other person dressed in a UPS uniform and a third suspect, all of whom went into the residence, prosecutors said. One carried a box, they said. UPS later told NBC affiliate KARE of the Twin Cities that Mingo had been employed as a seasonal worker through mid-January.
The complaint alleges that a man who appears to be the defendant is captured by a bedroom camera shooting a woman later identified by the Anoka County Sheriff's Office as Shannon Patricia Jungwirth, 42. Also killed were her son, Jorge Alexander Reyes-Jungwirth, 20, and her husband, Mario Alberto Trejo Estrada, 39, the office said in a statement Monday.
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