Man who tried and failed to kill himself sentenced for murdering ex-wife's sister and shooting her brother at grocery store

A Georgia antheral volition walk the remainder of his beingness down bars for sidesplitting his ex-wife's sister and shooting her brother.

On Friday, Teodros Mulat Shibeshi, 64, pleaded to 1 number of malice murder, 2 counts of aggravated battle and 1 number of possession of a firearm during the committee of a felony implicit the April 2024 shooting decease of 57-year-old Tigist Lulesegud.

The fatal gun violence besides resulted successful 65-year-old Abebe D. Yeshetela, the victim's brother, being changeable successful the leg.

In speedy fashion, the suspect was sentenced to beingness successful situation without the anticipation of parole positive an further 25-year sentence, according to the Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office.

"We anticipation this result tin bring justness to Ms. Lulesegud's family," Gwinnett District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson said successful a statement.

On April 27, 2024, the victims were moving astatine Tana Food Mart connected Lawrenceville Highway successful Lilburn — a tiny municipality located immoderate 25 miles northeast of Atlanta. That day, the suspect walked into the Ethiopian market store and a quality led to an altercation.

Then, Shibeshi pulled retired a weapon and changeable Lulesegud implicit and over. Even arsenic the pistillate was connected the ground, the shooter continued to fire.

The trio allegedly got into an statement earlier the shooting started, the Lilburn Police Department said astatine the time.

One witnesser astatine the store recalled Shibeshi saying, "I americium taking myself retired now." Then, helium pointed the weapon successful his ain absorption and fired.

The defendant, however, did not win successful sidesplitting himself.

The killer's erstwhile sister-in-law was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. Both men were taken to a infirmary to dainty their gunshot wounds.

Ultimately, the suspect pleaded blameworthy to each the charges against him and avoided an impending trial, prosecutors said.