Police responded to the U.S. Post Office on Seventh Street West in St. Paul at 3:24 p.m. on Oct. 13 after an employee found a supervisor, identified by police as a 50-year-old Eagan man, had been shot “several times,” according to the criminal complaint.
The victim told the employee, “He shot me. He shot me. Call the police,” charges said. The employee called the police and put the phone on speakerphone. When the dispatcher asked who shot him, the victim said “Tewabe. Tewabe left. Talk to Tewabe.”
Police recovered 12 .40 caliber Smith and Wesson casings from the floor near where the victim had been shot.
The victim told police Getachew shot him but wasn’t able to respond when police asked why Getachew shot him, charges said.
Police learned Getachew worked out of the Seventh Street West U.S. Post Office earlier that day, returning to the Post Office at 3:14 p.m. and punching out at 3:22 p.m. The only electronic devices at the Post Office before the 911 call was made corresponded to Getachew, the employee who called 911 and the victim, charges state.
