Text messages revealed the victim texted the suspect the night before the Oct. 24 shooting, telling him she did not want to be touched or manipulated by him and asked him not to make things uncomfortable at work, police said.
A St. Cloud, Minnesota, man has been charged with killing a co-worker who prosecutors say rejected his romantic advances.
Michael Carpenter, 36, has been charged with second-degree murder for allegedly shooting a co-worker, 28-year-old Nicole Hammond, in the parking lot of their workplace on Lincoln Avenue Northeast in St. Cloud at 6:59 a.m. on October 24.
Prosecutors, citing cell phone records, say Carpenter was harassing Hammond. Those who worked with the victim and the suspect told investigators they knew Carpenter had made several unwanted advances towards Hammond over the past month, but her employer says nothing was ever reported to management.
