An Indiana man instructed police he was “not the unhealthy man” after he allegedly shot his spouse seven instances in entrance of their two toddlers to “neutralize a menace,” police mentioned.
Mohammed Mondal, 45, was arrested and charged with homicide, utilizing a firearm in fee of a felony offense and two counts of neglect of a depending on Monday, per Dearborn County Circuit Court docket information. At the moment, he’s behind bars at Dearborn Legislation Enforcement Middle with out bond, and made an preliminary court docket look on Thursday.
Per a possible trigger affidavit reviewed by Fox Information Digital, the 45-year-old father-of-two dialed 911 and reported that he had “by accident shot his spouse,” then pivoted and mentioned he shot mother-of-five Stacy Mondal “in self-defense.”
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Mohammed Mondal, 45, allegedly shot spouse Stacy Mondal, 40, seven instances throughout a dispute of their automobile on Monday, per the Dearborn County Sheriff’s Division (Dearborn County Prosecutor’s Workplace)
“Sgt. McAllister mentioned he answered the cellphone, and by the tone of Mondal’s voice, he gave the impression to be panicked and upset,” learn the affidavit.
The Dearborn County Sheriff’s Division Sergeant reportedly responded “Are you severe?” then requested for Mondal’s location.
The couple, their two-year-old and their fourteen-month-old had been allegedly collectively of their automobile on their option to JCPenney for a household photoshoot when the pictures had been fired.
Sheriff’s deputies caught up with Mondal’s car and adopted it to close by St. Elizabeth Dearborn hospital on the border of Ohio.
Within the parking zone, per the affidavit, deputies noticed Mondal’s spouse coated in blood and “slumped to the left facet towards the middle console.”
She was pronounced lifeless at 12:11 p.m., police mentioned.
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Dearborn County Sheriff’s Deputies adopted Mondal’s automobile to St. Elizabeth Dearborn hospital, pictured, after he reported that he’d shot his spouse. Within the parking zone, detectives wrote, Stacy Mondal was coated in blood and “slumped over.” (Google Maps)
A small black handgun was discovered on the passenger facet ground close to the girl’s ft, per the doc.
In subsequent interviews, Mondal claimed that Stacy, 40, was “going for his gun” and reiterated that he shot her in “self-defense.”
He then detailed their “marital issues,” together with a number of suspected affairs.
“[Mondal] said that he believed [Stacy] had an affair with a neighbor… in the middle of the investigation, detectives realized the Mondal believed that not less than two males in his neighborhood beforehand had an affair with Stacy and that not less than considered one of them had been following him… Mondal additionally believed that his father-in-law was following him on the day of the capturing,” the affidavit learn.
Detectives famous within the affidavit that they had been unable to seek out any proof of Stacy’s alleged infidelity.
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Mondal allegedly instructed detectives with the Dearborn County Sheriff’s Division, pictured, that he shot his spouse to “neutralize a menace” when she reached for a gun within the middle console. (Dearborn County Sheriff’s Workplace)
“After leaving to go to the photograph appointment, [Mondal] mentioned that he and Stacy started arguing, and she or he struck him together with her cellphone,” police reported.
“Mondal then said that she dropped the cellphone and reached for a gun that was mendacity within the open middle console,” the affidavit continued. “Mondal then said that he reached for a gun on his particular person and shot Stacy.”
When detectives knowledgeable Mondal that his spouse had been pronounced lifeless, the person instructed them “for the primary time” that “Stacy [Mondal] pointed the gun at him earlier than he shot her,” police reported.
However detectives wrote that they had been unable to seek out proof that Stacy fired a shot throughout the argument.
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In his closing interview, Mondal allegedly mentioned that he fired seven pictures at his spouse to “neutralize a menace” and insisted that he was “not the unhealthy man.”
In an interview with native outlet WLWT, Stacy’s household mentioned their present focus is “to like and assist” the slain lady’s surviving 5 kids.
“We’re being comforted by household, buddies and the outpouring of compassion by our group,” they wrote in a written assertion. “Stacy’s spirit will proceed to dwell on.”
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