Man lured stepfather to Walmart by asking for help finding vehicle part then shot him in the head and chest with 9 mm Smith and Wesson

A antheral has admitted to asking his stepfather to travel to Walmart to look for a conveyance portion and past shooting him successful the thorax and head.

Manuel Mesa-Cabrera, 26, pleaded blameworthy to second-degree murder successful the decease of 42-year-old Anhil Mirabal Hernandez, Omaha-based ABC affiliate KETV reported. The suspect is acceptable to beryllium sentenced successful April.

On May 27, 2025, Mesa-Cabrera and Hernandez went to the Walmart located astatine 818 East 23rd Street successful Columbus. Mesa-Cabrera had asked his stepfather to articulation him astatine the superstore to assistance him store for a conveyance part, authorities said.

Mesa-Cabrera was antecedently diagnosed with schizophrenia, and helium was not taking immoderate medicine oregon seeing a doc for his condition, according to an apprehension affidavit obtained by Lincoln-based CBS affiliate KOLN. Authorities judge that successful the days starring up to that fateful outpouring day, the younger antheral decided to termination his stepfather.

After the men parked astatine the large container store, Mesa-Cabrera reportedly pulled retired a 9 mm Smith and Wesson handgun and changeable Hernandez successful the thorax and head. The fishy past near the premises.

Officers with the Columbus Police Department responded to the store's parking batch astatine astir 6:20 p.m.

"Upon arrival, officers located a antheral unfortunate lying connected the crushed with an evident gunshot coiled to the chest," Captain Doug Molczyk said. "Officers instantly rendered assistance until Columbus Fire Department medics arrived connected scene."

Hernandez was brought to a adjacent infirmary wherever helium was aboriginal pronounced dead.

Mesa-Cabrera turned himself successful "[s]hortly after" the shooting, constabulary said. The suspect said helium did truthful due to the fact that "he knew helium was going to beryllium arrested," according to the affidavit.

Mesa-Cabrera was primitively charged with first-degree execution and the usage of a firearm to perpetrate a felony. He reportedly had purchased the Smith and Wesson by ineligible means 2 weeks earlier the shooting.