Parking Fight Turns TRIPLE Execution

Police investigation at a crime scene with a covered body and evidence markers

A parking garage contract, a single phone call, and minutes later three people lay dead on the floor of a St. Paul leasing office.

Story Snapshot

A tenant is accused of “executing” three apartment staff after a parking contract dispute.
Court papers say he went straight from a phone refusal to the leasing office with a gun.
Surveillance video and a reported confession to his roommate now anchor the case.
The attack raises sharp questions about immigration, justice, and how minor disputes turn deadly.

Alleged execution inside a St. Paul leasing office

Police say the shooting began with a common frustration that almost every driver understands: a parking bill that will not go away.

According to Ramsey County charging papers, 30-year-old tenant Tsegaab Ademassu Binessu called staff at Davern Park Apartments in St. Paul to cancel his recently renewed garage contract after selling his car and planning to join the military.

Staff told him the contract could not be changed, a standard policy in many complexes. Minutes later, he allegedly walked into the leasing office with a firearm.

Disgruntled tenant ‘executed’ 3 leasing office workers over parking garage dispute, police say https://t.co/CdYT7wDnLr

— Live5News (@Live5News) July 22, 2026

Court documents quoted by local outlets say what happened next was not a scuffle or a struggle. They describe an “execution.” Surveillance video allegedly shows Binessu talking with community manager Adam Wilwerding before pulling a gun and shooting him several times at close range.

The video then shows him turning the weapon on 56-year-old staffer Dena Silcox, firing multiple rounds. More gunshots are heard off camera down a hallway, where 25-year-old Nansi Fuentes Zambrano is later found shot in the head after trying to flee.

The victims and the rapid manhunt

The Ramsey County medical examiner identified the three victims as Nansi G. Fuentes Zambrano of Inver Grove Heights, Dena M. Silcox of St. Paul, and Adam J. Wilwerding of Oakdale. All three worked in the leasing office that day, handling routine tasks for hundreds of residents.

Several 911 callers reported gunfire at the building on St. Paul Avenue just after 4 p.m., drawing officers to a scene with 21 spent shell casings and no suspect present.

The suspect did not stay long after the shooting, according to the complaint. Investigators say he fled in Fuentes Zambrano’s vehicle and drove roughly 200 miles north to Virginia, Minnesota.

Late that night, officers from St. Louis County stopped the car and arrested him without incident, according to the complaint. Social posts and local crime reporting show he was booked into the Ramsey County jail on probable cause murder and later formally charged.

Confession claim and the murder charges

One detail moves this case beyond simple “whodunit” questions. A man called police and said his roommate, identified as Binessu, had confessed to the shooting.

According to the charging complaint, the roommate told officers that Binessu admitted killing the three employees and described the dispute about the garage contract.

Prosecutors now say that confession, along with the video and physical evidence, supports three counts of second-degree murder with intent but without premeditation.

These charges matter because they define how the state views the attack. Second-degree intentional murder in Minnesota carries up to 40 years per count, but it stops short of first-degree premeditated murder, which requires more detailed proof of planning.

Some voices online already argue that walking from a phone call to an office with a gun looks like premeditation and should be charged as first-degree. Whether prosecutors upgrade counts may depend on what deeper evidence, like texts or searches, show later.

Migrant status, parking disputes, and public anger

Several national outlets lead with the suspect’s migrant background and Ethiopian roots. That focus tracks with a wider concern: who we let into the country, how well they are screened, and whether local systems can respond when obvious red flags appear.

The facts known so far do not show a long criminal record, but they do show a man whose anger over a $65 monthly parking bill allegedly turned into lethal violence.

The bigger story for many homeowners and renters is how small housing disputes now sit on a hair trigger. Minnesota law gives tenants specific legal ways to end a lease, including special rules when they face violence or serious danger.

Landlords cannot lock someone out or change terms without process. When that system works, frustrations go to paperwork, hearings, or civil suits. When it fails, or is ignored, police see the result in bloodstained hallways and body bags.

Evidence gaps and what still needs answers

Reporters quote the complaint but have not yet released the full document, the raw video, or forensic lab reports. That leaves several important questions open to anyone who cares about due process.

What exactly did the roommate hear? Was the confession recorded or written down in detail? How clearly does the video show the moments before the first shot? Those answers will shape whether the “execution over parking” label matches courtroom reality or early headline spin.

Readers will see two tracks here that both demand strong response: tough enforcement and honest reporting. If the evidence holds, a man who allegedly killed three innocent workers over a basic contract should face the maximum lawful penalty.

At the same time, the public deserves clear facts, not garbled names, missing documents, or social-media outrage built on partial leaks. Justice is not just about punishment; it is about truth that can stand up in court and in history.

Prosecutors have charged a Saint Paul man with three counts of second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of three people inside the leasing office of a Highland Park apartment complex, a killing they say followed a dispute over a parking-garage contract.

Tsegaab Ademassu… pic.twitter.com/uc4sj4tHRc

— MN CRIME (@MN_CRIME) July 21, 2026