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Ethiopian National Murders Three in Minnesota, Tells Police He 'Hates the American System'

Twenty-one shell casings on the floor of an apartment complex leasing office in St. Paul, Minnesota. Three staff members dead at their desks. And the man in handcuffs told police he "hates the American system."

The dispute was over a $65 parking space.

Tsegaab Binessu, a 30-year-old Ethiopian national, walked into the leasing office on July 22 and opened fire. According to court documents filed in Ramsey County District Court Binessu shot 3 people in the leasing office. Binessu shot community manager Adam Wilwerding six times, assistant manager Dena Silcox was shot six times as well. After she lay dying on the floor, saying "No, no -- no, no" he fired five more rounds into her in rapid succession. He also shot 25-year-old staff member Nansi Fuentes Zambrano as she attempted to jump out a window to escape. The entire incident was caught on video from inside the leasing office.

Binessu later called his roommate and, according to the criminal complaint, said he "argued with apartment management and ended up killing three people." After police viewed the video police were able to identify Binessu. They ultimately found him hours later roughly 200 miles away in Virginia, Minnesota. He had his passport on him, his Social Security card, his concealed carry permit and the gun he used in the shooting. He also, was allegedly in a vehicle he had stolen from one of the people he had shot. When arrested he told officers he "hates the American system." Court documents state that "Binessu believes he was treated unfairly because he is black and immigrant" and that he "repeatedly said he has lost everything he cared about."

The trigger, as far as investigators can determine, was the leasing office's inability to cancel a parking contract worth $65. Binessu had reportedly sold his car and wanted to join the Army. He was upset the leasing office wouldn't terminate the $65 charge immediately.

Binessu now faces three counts of second-degree murder. His bail is set at $10 million. His next court appearance is August 13.

A resident who knew the victims told reporters, "They were just good people, really good people." Wilwerding was 43. He managed the complex. Silcox was his assistant, she was 56 years old. Fuentes Zambrano was 25 years old and worked the front desk.

The question that every immigration debate eventually arrives at isn't complicated. It's just one that certain people in Washington refuse to answer honestly: who let him in, what was the vetting process, and when a man tells you he hates the country he moved to, what exactly was the plan?

Some arguments make themselves.

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