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Thread ID: 19517 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2005-08-09
2005-08-09 17:38 | User Profile
The story below has some interesting tidbits of info. I can't wait to see the bio on the suspect. BTW, My condolences to the families of the murdered men.
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[url]http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5548994.html[/url]
Last update: August 9, 2005 at 7:32 AM 2 killed in apparent robbery Jim Adams, Star Tribune August 9, 2005 HOMI0809
Police arrested one man and continued searching for a possible second suspect Monday night after an apparent robbery in which two men were killed in a south Minneapolis construction office.
The owner of Richard Construction and an employee were apparently shot to death shortly after 9 a.m. Monday. A witness who heard the shots called police, who later said they found two men dead in the building near 26th Street and Stevens Avenue S. in the Whittier neighborhood.
A 36-year-old Minneapolis man was arrested about 4 p.m. on a St. Paul street with assistance from St. Paul police, said Minneapolis Police Chief Bill McManus.
[B]The suspect, who has a criminal record for drugs, assault and other offenses,[/B] was booked into the Hennepin County jail on suspicion of murder. Site of shooting
McManus said that the motive appeared to be robbery, but that investigators are still trying to find out if the suspect had any connections to the business.
McManus said witness tips and good detective work led to the arrest seven hours after the shooting.
Police said they are still seeking a possible second suspect after receiving witness information.
[B]Although authorities didn't release the victim's names, an employee said owner Richard Allan, 58, of Excelsior, was one of those shot. The other victim was worker Pablo Morocho, 40, of Minneapolis, according to his niece Rosa Morocho.[/B]
[B]Henry Silvan, 31, who said he was a supervisor for the construction company[/B], said police told him that Allan and Pablo Morocho were killed.
Silvan said that he had worked for Allan for nine years and that Allan had taught him a lot about painting, remodeling and construction.
"I feel real bad," Silvan said. "He was more than a boss. He was a real friend."
[B]Silvan said Allan gave him food and money and helped him find housing when he arrived in Minneapolis nine years ago from Mexico. Allan did the same for other workers, he said.[/B]
[B]Silvan had no idea why the business would be targeted but said that Allan had a safe and that in the office on Mondays, he sometimes kept money that he collected from a nearby laundromat he owned.[/B]
"I can't believe people would do that to him," Silvan said.
Far from home
Most of the construction company's 12 workers gathered Monday on a grassy corner across the street from the yellow-taped homicide scene as detectives moved around interviewing people.
[B]Sitting on a lawn near the workers was Rosa Morocho, who said her uncle Pablo Morocho lived with her and other relatives in northeast Minneapolis.
Her uncle came here about three years ago to earn money, which he sent to his wife and four children in Ecuador several times a month, Rosa Morocho said. He had planned to return to Ecuador next year, she said.[/B]
She described her uncle as a good, hard-working man.
"He was like my father," she added tearfully.
The shooting was the third double homicide this summer in Minneapolis, police spokesman Ron Reier said.
Police are asking anyone with information about the case to call the homicide unit at 612-673-2941.