Minnesota woman killed in parking lot by co-worker after rejecting his advances, police say

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A witness later came forward and told police that they’d seen a co-worker of Hammond’s, Michael Jordan Carpenter, 36, leave his own car and approach the 28-year-old’s vehicle around the time of the shooting, KNSI Radio reported. That witness then claimed that Mr Carpenter fled the scene shortly after they’d heard the shots rip through the parking lot and jog back to his own car before leaving. Nicole Hammond, 28, was fatally shot in the neck on 24 October in St Cloud, Minnesota At one point, Mr Carpenter claimed that he was aware that Hammond had not clocked into work that day at their shared place of employment, Dubow Textiles, a fact that he would not have been able to ascertain, police said, because he didn’t go into work that day nor clock-in himself. Another message sent by Hammond to Mr Carpenter indicated that she’d asked him “to not make things uncomfortable at work,” the filing said.