Man killed in Coon Rapids triple homicide was under investigation for selling drugs, court docs show
COON RAPIDS, Minn. — One of the victims of a deadly Coon Rapids shooting was being investigated by a violent crime task force for selling illegal drugs, according to court documents.
A search warrant for Friday, Jan. 26 at 4:30 p.m. — about four hours after the shooting that killed 39-year-old Mario Trejo, his wife, 42-year-old Shannon Patricia Trejo, and her son, 20-year-old Jorge Reyes-Jungwirth — focuses on Mario Trejo.
Documents show there was a months-long investigation into him.
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Two days before the shooting on Wednesday, Jan. 24, officers tracked Trejo's truck to a storage facility in Golden Valley, where they found drugs in a storage unit. Police also found mushrooms, marijuana, meth and white powder.
Evidence showed the couple was sending money to Mexico.
There is no mention and no implication in the documents of their son, Reyes-Jungwirth.
Court documents say police heard someone on the phone asking Trejo about money.
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Family members said a 2-and a 4-year-old were inside the home at the time of the murders. They were Shannon and Mario's two young sons. The boys were reunited with family on Sunday.
Alonzo Mingo was charged on Monday in Anoka County District Court with three felony counts of second-degree murder in connection to Friday's killings.