Colin Flaherty: Crazy Black Ran Over Couple Who "Freaked Him Out"

Crazy Black Ran Over Couple Who "Freaked Him Out" - 2018 Colin Flaherty reviews and gives commentary on news with headlines "Driver said he ran over, killed couple who "freaked him out," prosecutors say"

By CRIMESIDER STAFF CBS/AP July 2, 2018, 5:46 PM
HASTINGS, Minn. -- A Minnesota man told investigators that a married couple "freaked him out" before running them over in a minivan, just one day after being kicked out of an apartment by his family, according to a criminal complaint Monday charging him with second-degree murder. Prosecutors in Dakota County said 36-year-old Jonna Kojo Armartey fatally struck 58-year-old Diane Peterson and 74-year-old Roger Peterson of the Twin Cities suburb Eagan last Thursday as they were walking near a strip mall.

Police said they found the couple struggling to breathe, and they later died after being taken to the hospital. Medical officials said their wounds were consistent with blunt force trauma, reports CBS affiliate WCCO.

Armartey allegedly told investigators the couple "freaked him out," so he ran over them "going fast and hit them hard," according to the criminal complaint.

Authorities said Armartey and the Petersons did not know each other.